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Petra Nova is the world’s largest carbon capture project at a coal-fired power plant. With funding from a $190 million Energy Department grant, NRG Energy and JX Nippon retrofitted one of the Texas plant’s boilers to capture one-third of its carbon dioxide emissions before they enter the atmosphere. The captured carbon dioxide is injected into oil reservoirs to boost production. Credit: NRG Energy

A White House strategy for fixing the climate?

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger in 1965. His “silver” bullets were actually made from aluminum.

“Silver buckshot” isn’t enough to fix the climate

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists

Power cable distribution energy grid

Resilience for power systems amid a changing climate

By Sarah M. Jordaan | Climate Change

The incredible shrinking nuclear offset to climate change

By Sharon Squassoni | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

Kerry Emanuel: A climate scientist for nuclear energy

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

The complicated geopolitics of renewable energy

By Sergey Paltsev | Climate Change, Technology and Security

Taking stock: Steven Chu, former secretary of the Energy Department, on fracking, renewables, nuclear weapons, and his work, post-Nobel Prize

By Dan Drollette Jr | Interviews

Population’s part in mitigating climate change – A US response

By Alisha Graves | Uncategorized

Climate change, technological innovation – A US response

By Jennie C. Stephens, Elizabeth J. Wilson | Uncategorized

Joe Romm: Why nuclear power will not be the whole solution to climate change

By | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

Small country, big challenge: Switzerland’s upcoming transition to sustainable energy

By D. A. Notter | Nuclear Energy

The big push for renewable energy in India: What will drive it?

By A. Ghosh | Climate Change