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renewable energy

Showdown in Dixie Valley: Battle over geothermal project pits tiny toad against renewable energy

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Investigative Reporting

A Ukrainian climate expert on the Zaporizhzhia situation and the winter energy outlook

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

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Battle over solar power in the Golden State

By Dustin Mulvaney | Climate Change

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Plant power: Burning biomass instead of coal can help fight climate change—but only if done right

By Raymond Pierrehumbert | Analysis, Climate Change

clearcut in British Columbia

“Sustainable biomass”— A paper tiger when it comes to reducing carbon emissions

By Mary S. Booth | Analysis, Climate Change

Drax wood-fired power plant

Burning biomass: a Drax-tic idea, and bad for environmental justice

By Stefan Koester | Climate Change

We need to get serious about the renewable energy revolution—by including nuclear power

By Michael Edesess | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Opinion

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Climate adaptation is going to be a disaster

By Andrew Dessler | Climate Change

М17, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, Kalanchats'kyi district

Damage to Ukraine’s renewable energy sector could surpass $1 billion

By Tom Johansmeyer | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

wind turbines at sunset

How greed and politics are slowing the switch to renewable energy

By Andrew Dessler | Climate Change, Opinion

nuclear power plant at night

Climate activists contest the EU’s “green” designation for gas and nuclear energy

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

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Thanksgiving advice, 2021: How to deal with climate change-denying Uncle Pete

By Richard C. J. Somerville | Climate Change