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The Week
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The United States can generate affordable electricity without producing carbon dioxide emissions by 2035 by deploying hydrogen or carbon capture technology, according to a report released on Wednesday by a climate policy think tank. The climate plan of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden calls on the power sector to erase its greenhouse gas emissions by that time, a goal major utilities b
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Recharge
Main wind industry lobbying group planning to merge into American Clean Power Association
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The Hill
The U.S.
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Fast Company
And by 2045, the electric grid could be entirely renewable.
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Pew Research Center
Nearly as many Americans say protecting the environment should be a top policy priority (64%) as say this about strengthening the economy (67%)
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Fast Company
Turns out, we use a lot of natural processes—bees to pollinate, rivers to irrigate crops, reefs to act as flood protection. When they’re gone, it’s going to get expensive.
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The Current
Climate hazard scientists connect 2018’s Four Corners drought directly to human-caused climate change
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Tampa Bay Times
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Gizmodo
Thanks to the coal industry’s rapid decline, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions likely dropped slightly last year. But don’t get too used to that trend, because the oil and gas industry is poised to more than offset that reduction. By 2025, oil and gas companies have plans to expand enough to release as much new greenhouse gas pollution as 50 new coal-fired power plants.
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Electrek
Under the plan for Los Angeles, electric vehicles account for 30 percent of all lpassenger vehicles on the road and 80 percent of all vehicles sold.
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The Hill
Americans could use renewable energy produced by solar, wind and hydroelectric power more than coal by 2021, according to a new report.
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Bloomberg
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Vox
Learn about potential climate catastrophe. But don’t feel powerless.
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The Guardian
Major CBS News poll released as part of Covering Climate Now, a collaboration of more than 250 news outlets around the world to strengthen coverage of the climate story
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Vice
Climate change is 'almost assured' to cause decades-long droughts in the American Southwest not seen since medieval times, scientists warn in a new study.
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The Guardian
In April, clean energy provided 23% of America’s electricity compared to coal’s 20% – the first time coal has been surpassed by renewable sources
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Mashable
Amid an unprecedented 19-year-long drought in the expansive Colorado River Basin, seven Western states announced a plan to slash their water use.
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CBS
They represent 42% of the U.S. population and a quarter of its economic output -- and shift can happen within 25 years
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Los Angeles Times
California passed a 100% clean energy law in 2018. Already, newly elected governors across the country are looking to follow the Golden State's lead.
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NREL
Researchers estimate that installing floating solar photovoltaics on the more than 24,000 man-made U.S. reservoirs could generate about 10 percent of the nation’s annual electricity production.
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ILSR
Over 70 cities have made commitments to reach 100% renewable energy. Several states, including Hawaii and California, have adopted or plan to adopt similar targets. But what's often ignored is how ine
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The Hill
Cap-and-trade requires polluters and distributors of fossil fuels to purchase a permit for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit.
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PBS
Road de-icing, industrial activity and other culprits are pushing salt levels in rivers and streams to alarming levels.
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Huffington Post
It cost a projected $4.1 trillion to run the federal government in fiscal year 2018. Experts say it would take $1.3-$5.1 trillion to rein in emissions by mid-century.
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Energy Voice
The European Union unveiled its long-term vision on combating climate change in a push for more ambitious action on the environment just days after U.S.
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Greentech Media
Research suggests 36.7 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity could retire through 2024 -- even with a repeal of the Clean Power Plan.
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The Guardian
By the end of this century, sea level rises alone could displace 13m people. Many states will have to grapple with hordes of residents seeking dry ground. But, as one expert says, ‘No state is unaffected by this’
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Clean Technica
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Reuters
The United States moved up to second place in a ranking of the most attractive countries for renewables investment, after China, a report by UK accountancy firm Ernst & Young showed on Tuesday.
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San Francisco Chronicle
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UPI
Hundreds of thousands of homes along U.S. coastlines could be flooded in the next 30 years as a result of climate change, scientists said in a report Monday.
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National Geographic
New York, San Francisco, and Washington are among the 17 U.S. cities that will soon face unprecedented weather.
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Science Magazine
Move makes Environmental Protection Agency the first federal agency to put a deadline on reducing animal use
