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The Latest Methane Agreement at COP28 Is “A Smokescreen”
This weekend's voluntary pledge by oil and gas companies is a distraction. It also misses the biggest source of methane emissions.
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Michael Thomas
How Virtual Power Plants Can Accelerate Clean Energy Adoption
Here's why climate and energy experts are excited about VPPs
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Eduardo Garcia
The Long Duration Storage Technologies That Could Help Decarbonize the Power Grid
In recent years multiple technologies have made significant progress in solving one of clean energy's biggest problems
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Michael Thomas
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Nicole Pollack
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How The Netherlands Built a Biking Utopia
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A Fossil Fuel Economy Requires 535x More Mining Than a Clean Energy Economy
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I Measured the Pollution From My Gas Stove. It Was Bad.
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The Loophole That Made Cars in America So Big
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The Man Trying to Kill America's Offshore Wind Industry
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The Solar Waste Problem in Context
A new analysis finds that coal plants will produce at least 285x more waste than solar farms through 2050
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Michael Thomas
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Nicole Pollack
The Rise of the 'Bike Bus' Movement
How a Portland teacher is reshaping school commutes in cities across the country
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Eduardo Garcia
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Fossil Fuel Power Plants Kill 35x More Birds Than Wind Turbines
One of the most effective ways to protect birds is to transition away from fossil fuels
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Michael Thomas
Iowa Was a Wind Energy Leader—Then Memes Slowed Its Clean Energy Transition
After years of growth, Iowa’s wind industry is facing local opposition fueled by misinformation.
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Molly Taft
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The New Clean Energy Technology That Could Power 20% of America's Electricity
Enhanced geothermal could solve one of clean energy's biggest problems
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Michael Thomas
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The Climate Bill That Keeps On Giving
The Inflation Reduction Act could be mucher bigger than originally anticipated
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Michael Thomas
The Climate Policy That Flew Under the Radar
And a fun story about accidental innovation
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Michael Thomas
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