Ten years after the publication of their first plan for powering the world with wind, water, and solar, researchers offer an updated vision of the steps that 143 countries around the world can take to attain 100% clean, renewable ...
Environment
Dec 20, 2019
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Technology now in limited use removes about 90 percent of carbon dioxide from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants, but energy experts say cost remains the chief obstacle to bringing the "clean coal" touted by President ...
Environment
Oct 9, 2017
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In fresh evidence about the dangers of coal pollution, a scientist on Monday said a switch to coal-fired power in a southern US state after a nuclear accident in 1979 led to a sharp fall in birthweight, a benchmark of health.
Environment
Apr 3, 2017
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Clean energy can help meet growing electricity demand and minimize pollution in the Southern United States, but progress to adopt renewable energy strategies has been hindered by a number of myths, according to a new study ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 1, 2011
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Energy security concerns—worsened by the war in Ukraine—and policy support from rich countries are likely to help investments in clean energy outpace spending on fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency said in a ...
Environment
May 25, 2023
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The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants, updating standards imposed more than a decade ago.
Environment
Apr 5, 2023
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The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed tighter limits on wastewater pollution from coal-burning power plants that has contaminated streams, lakes and underground aquifers across the nation.
Environment
Mar 8, 2023
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The fight against climate change is full of inconvenient truths. The latest? Coal is going to be harder to get rid of than we had hoped. Every victory like the rejection of Clive Palmer's proposed Rockhampton coal mine seems ...
Environment
Feb 9, 2023
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Shunning climate-changing fossil fuels is turning out to be more difficult than promised in Illinois.
Environment
Dec 29, 2021
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Australia's leading scientists today sent an open letter to Chief Scientist Alan Finkel, speaking out against his support for natural gas.
Environment
Aug 25, 2020
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