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What Are the Five Major Types of Renewable Energy?3 min read · Jun 9th · Awareness around climate change is shaping the future of the global economy in several ways. Governments are planning how to reduce emissions, investors are scrutinizing companies’ environmental…
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What’s the price of a green economy? An extra $3.5 trillion a year5 min read · Apr 19th · The price of shifting to a green economy will be $3.5 trillion a year, according to a new study that breaks down the cost of a green global economy.
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The New Yorker
The Renewable-Energy Revolution Will Need Renewable Storage~14 min read · Apr 18th · Can gravity, pressure, and other elemental forces save us from becoming a battery-powered civilization?
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine3 min read · Apr 13th · Engineers at MIT and NREL have developed a heat engine with no moving parts that is as efficient as a steam turbine.
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The team’s design can generate electricity from a heat source of between 1,900 to 2,400 degrees Celsius, or up to about 4,300 degrees Fahrenheit
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Keeping the lights on in Texas – is renewable energy the answer?4 min read · Mar 8th · Blackouts would end for good if the US switched to 100% wind, water and solar energy, according to a Stanford University study. And that’s not the only benefit.
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The Hill
Conserve oil — a little sacrifice won't kill us3 min read · Mar 26th · As Biden knows, his supply-side solution would be a step backward in America's plans to fight climate
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CNBC
These charts show how much it costs to charge an EV vs. refueling a gas vehicle2 min read · Mar 19th · Is it still true that it's much cheaper to "refuel" an EV? CNBC crunched the numbers.
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While gas prices have soared in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, so have electricity prices – particularly in some parts of the U.S. that have been big markets for Tesla’s EVs. So, is it still true that it’s much cheaper to “refuel” an EV? CNBC crunched the numbers.
Axios
The race to net zero emissions7 min read · Mar 19th · Why it's hard to discern greenwashing from genuine commitments.
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At least 695 of the world's largest publicly traded firms have set such targets as of early 2022 to be reached in or before 2050.
americanprogress.org
5 Reasons Why the United States Can't Drill Its Way to Energy Independence5 min read · Mar 18th · The solution to high energy prices is a swift and urgent transition to clean energy—not further reliance on dirty fuels controlled by dictators and profiteering oil corporations.
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The solution to high energy prices is a swift and urgent transition to clean energy—not further reliance on dirty fuels controlled by dictators and profiteering oil corporations.
CNN
Why are US gas prices soaring when America barely uses Russian oil?4 min read · Mar 12th · There's pain at the pump for American drivers as US gas prices soar to record highs.
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Most of Russia's oil goes to Europe and Asia. But the key here is to think about the oil supply globally, rather than the US specifically. The commodities world is a heavily interconnected one, and oil is priced through a global market. So what happens in one area of the world can affect another.
Civil Eats
How Corn Ethanol Fueled Climate Change4 min read · Feb 14th · The Renewable Fuel Standard promised to pay farmers to fight climate change and boost U.S. energy independence. A new five-year study of its impact on land use suggests that it did neither—even while…
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London Review of Books
Rosa Lyster · Diary: Louisiana Underwater~13 min read · 2021-09-29 · When people in Louisiana say that a city will disappear, they don’t just mean that it will be taken over by industry,...
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The Washington Post
Cracking down on methane ‘super emitters’ is a quick, low-cost way to combat climate change, researchers findFeb 8th · A growing constellation of methane-detecting satellites is giving researchers new and disturbing insights into “super emitters” around the globe — from pipelines in Russia to North America’s oil fields.
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A growing constellation of methane-detecting satellites is giving researchers new and disturbing insights into “super emitters” around the globe — from pipelines in Russia to North America’s oil fields.
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Biden begins crackdown on power plant pollution6 min read · Jan 31st · With much of the president's climate legislative agenda stalled, the administration has begun tightening pollution rules on power plants in an effort to accelerate the nation’s shift to cleaner…
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The Washington Post
Biden fails to change course on fossil fuels, despite a bold campaign pledgeJan 27th · The Biden administration came into office promising to shift the country away from its dependence on fossil fuels. But faced with political and legal challenges, oil drilling and coal mining on public lands have continued unabated and Biden officials have even taken steps that benefit the industries.
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The New York Times
Did I Turn Off the Stove? Yes, but Maybe Not the Gas4 min read · Jan 27th · New research finds that gas stoves emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas, even when turned off and adds to the debate over electrifying homes.
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New research finds that gas stoves emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas, even when turned off and adds to the debate over electrifying homes.
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