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Photovoltaic Prices Drop for 5th Straight Year
Solar power keeps getting cheaper
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How Far Does Obama's Clean Power Plan Go in Slowing Climate Change?
The U.S. energy transition will continue under the new plan, but it needs to move even faster
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EPA Clean Power Plan: Start Trading Carbon, Please
The new rule includes panoply of changes to help states trade emissions
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Fact or Fiction?: Natural Gas Will Reduce Global Warming Pollution
Has burning natural gas instead of coal helped the U.S. economy decarbonize? It's complicated
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Obama Followed Long, Winding Path to Clean Power Plan
More than seven years into Obama's administration, he finally partially fulfills a pledge to confront climate change
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U.S. Unveils Strengthened Clean Power Plan to Combat Climate Change
Changes to the final rule may assuage many industry and state concerns but the coal industry vows to fight
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Big Polluting Vehicles Roar Back with Low Gasoline Prices
But increased fuel efficiency may yet restrain pollution in the U.S.
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France Plans to Reduce Nuclear in Favor of Renewables
The nuclear pioneer nation plans to cut back on its reliance on reactors
What CityLab Gets Wrong about EVs
How one error keeps tripping up analysis of electric vehicles
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Hillary Clinton Vows to Make U.S. a Clean Energy Superpower
A new campaign video aims to make climate change a big part of the Democrat's presidential election effort
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Plumb Secrets of Light to Unlock Better Clean Energy
New fundamental studies of light might make for better clean energy systems
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Electric Car Owners Struggle to Find a Charge
Which comes first: the electric car or the charger?
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Electric Vehicles Drive to Back Up the Grid
Can electric cars provide reliable power to the U.S. grid?
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Zero Carbon or Bust
Scientists remind policy makers that CO2 pollution must end--and soon
The Future Arrives in Daubs of Paint
Painter Marcel Guldemond has tapped into something that's increasingly on my mind lately - art that normalizes science and our potential future.
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Can Obama Bring Energy to Africa?
As the President heads to Africa, his signature energy program there seeks firmer footing
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Tandem Solar Cell May Boost Electricity from Sunlight
Pairing silicon with perovskites improves performance but challenges remain
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Solar-Powered Plane Soars to New World Records
The Solar Impulse 2 plane set the new distance and duration records when it flew 5,663 kilometers in 80 hours
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U.S. Solar Is Producing 50 Percent More Electricity Than We Thought
California, Arizona and Hawaii can now say that solar provides more than 5 percent of their total annual electricity demand
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France Loses Enthusiasm for Nuclear Power
Nuclear’s share of electricty will drop from 75 percent to 50 percent by 2025 due to loss of know-how and requirements for more renewable sources
