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Climate Summit Spotlights Disconnects in Alberta Energy Policy

A provincial climate summit in Calgary last week dove deep into what it will take to decarbonize the Alberta grid by 2035, while shining a light on the provincial policy gaps that are standing in the way. In a keynote appearance, Premier Danielle Smith held fast to her belief that Alberta’s grid can’t bring its […]

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Biden, Modi, Other Leaders Launch the Global Biofuels Alliance in Clean Energy Effort

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new biofuels initiative at the G-20 summit in New Delhi, India on Saturday, signaling a push for more green energy globally. India will lead the Global Biofuels Alliance alongside the U.S. and Brazil, a move which is aimed to accelerate the shift to net zero emission targets by promoting plant and […]

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Texas Heat Wave: US Energy Department Declares Power Emergency

The US Energy Department has issued an emergency order aimed at keeping the lights on in Texas as the state’s power grid grapples with surging demand amid record-high temperatures. The order, issued Thursday night, could allow Texas power plants to surpass pollution limits through Friday night to meet “abnormally high” demand for electricity. Jennifer Granholm, […]

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Duke Energy’s New 15-Year Plan Benefits Environment, Raises Electric Bills

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA)- South Carolina cannot avoid the growth that’s not only happening but is expected to continue in the years ahead. “When you talk to our folks who do this type of planning for a living and have for many years, they haven’t seen this type of projected growth in more than 30 years,” […]

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Republicans Want a Fight Over Energy and Climate? Bring it on

When Canadian wildfires recently sent dangerous and unhealthy clouds of smoke over large swaths of the country, a new round of articles made the case that this latest devastating and strange weather event was a result of climate change. Scientists and those who believe in the science of climate change have been passionately arguing their […]

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Chinese Solar Cell Maker Partners With Austrian Energy Firm for Sustainable Development

Chinese solar cell maker Aikosolar and Austrian energy company Burgenland Energie on Monday signed a letter of intent here to jointly boost the deployment of solar power in the Austrian state of Burgenland. The letter of intent covers the building of a joint innovation center and a visitor center in Burgenland as well as research […]

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CO2 Emissions may be Starting to Plateau, Says Global Energy Watchdog

IEA records rise of less than 1% from energy use in 2022, but 7% reduction needed every year this decade to meet emissions goal Global carbon dioxide emissions are still rising but may at least be reaching a plateau, research from the International Energy Agency has shown. CO2 from energy – by far the biggest source of emissions […]

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Addressing Climate Change Will Not “Save the Planet”

The dismal reality is that green energy will save not the complex web of life on Earth but the particular way of life of one domineering species. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY FINDS itself in a terrifying place today, witness to mass extinction, helpless to stop the march of industrial Homo sapiens, the pillage of habitat, the loss of […]

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Will Big Tech downsize clean energy commitments?

We are in the twilight of the golden age of tech. The headlines are everywhere. Big tech is downsizing (or rightsizing, depending who you ask). The days of hockey-stick profits seem behind us, with the sector losing $7.4 trillion in one year. Twitter, Google, Amazon and Meta are laying off thousands of employees. Say what you will about the […]

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Parking lots are becoming as important as cars in climate change efforts

It’s not just cars that will be going through energy transition in the years ahead. The parking lots where EVs recharge are a growing focus of construction efforts linked to climate change and carbon reduction. A law approved in France last month requires that parking lots with 80 or more spaces be covered by solar […]

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