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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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The Climate Bill That Keeps On Giving
The Inflation Reduction Act could be mucher bigger than originally anticipated
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The Climate Policy That Flew Under the Radar
And a fun story about accidental innovation
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How The Netherlands Built a Biking Utopia
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I Measured the Pollution From My Gas Stove. It Was Bad.
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A Fossil Fuel Economy Requires 535x More Mining Than a Clean Energy Economy
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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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America Needs To Install A Lot More Heat Pumps
In order to meet its climate goals, America needs to replace 2.4 million fossil fuel furnaces every year for the next 27 years.
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Why Rooftop Solar Is So Much Cheaper in Australia Than America
If America wants to decarbonize its electricity sector, it should pay attention to Australia's rooftop solar market.
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Why Heat Pumps Are Such an Important Climate Solution
Heat pumps aren't the most exciting climate solution. But they can cut a lot of emissions.
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The Growth of Grid-Scale Battery Storage in America, Explained
How U.S. grid-scale battery capacity grew by 900% in 3 years
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A fun milestone and new video
An update on the first 6 months of making videos about climate change
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The Remarkable Growth of Solar Power, in 7 Charts
Solar's growth is truly wild.
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The Decline of Coal Power in Every State, Visualized
Coal has been on the decline for more than a decade in America. But in some states it's fading faster than others.
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