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Massive Texas power crisis: No, it’s not the renewables
The Texas cold fuels a storm over energy policy, even as the U.S. returns to the Paris Agreement and moves toward elements of a Green New Deal.
Why Singapore should consider nuclear power
When Covid-19 forced countries into lockdown for the first time, reports abounded of reduced pollution and clear skies as a result of the sharp reduction in economic activity. This visible change in the environment has increased pressure on policymakers around
Czechia, a laggard in clean energy, could embrace wind power
The Czech Republic has many things to recommend it, but a solid clean energy plan isn't one of them at the moment.
Arid lands are ideal for solar now but face a cloudy tomorrow
"Semiarid places are now like students who get an A nearly every day,” says Princeton's Dr. Amilcare Porporato. Yet climate change may turn their solar-energy grades to Bs or Cs.
COVID and climate: We commute less but use more power
When it comes to residential power usage patterns, the "days of the week cease to have meaning," says economist Steve Cicala.
At ITER site, work begins to ‘build the sun’ on Earth
As assembly of the nuclear fusion site begins, scientists look to the potential for emissions-free power.