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california may have a way to block trumps offshore...

More than a dozen states oppose the Trump administration's proposal to open up nearly the...

why its so hard to turn the lights back on in...

Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico,nearly 80 percent of the territory is...

in reversal, epa suspends alaska mining proposal...

The Environmental Protection Agency said in a surprise announcement Friday that it was suspending...

fact check: more on hillary clinton and fossil...

Greenpeace and Bernie Sanders' campaign continue to hammer at Hillary Clinton's ties to...

u.s. air pollution still kills thousands every...

The air Americans breathe has been getting cleaner for decades.But air pollution is still killing...

powering the internet with renewable energy

Today we're announcing the largest,and most diverse, purchase of renewable energy ever made by...

the guardian view on energy policy: keeping the...

George Osborne’s fixation with flattering the books is jeopardising much-needed investment in the...

renewable energy and the politics of subsidies |...

It’s becoming tiresome hearing government ministers justify their cuts to renewable energy...

why your phone battery is rubbish

It’s technology’s biggest puzzle: although smartphones,laptops and even electric cars find...

extract: voices from chernobyl by svetlana...

On April 26 1986,the No 4 reactor at the Chernobyl power station blew apart. Facing nuclear...

annus mirabilis: all the things that went right in...

It was a tale of two years – the best of times and the worst of times. But not everything went...

live q a: so now weve agreed to stop climate...

In Paris last year 195 countries committed cutting emissions and reducing global warming. Join a...

massey ceo on trial in mine disaster

Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.On Thursday,the trial of former Massey Energy...

falling oil prices mean trouble for unstable...

Click on the audio player above to hear this interview. As car lovers gather in Detroit for the...

ouarzazate solar power station in ouarzazate,...

If you drive near Ouarzazate,Morocco, on a typical sunny day it's nearly impossible to miss the...

from rags to riches to rags in 12 years: the...

The prickly Australian tycoons fortunes were closely tied to the massive boom – and now bust –...

electrifying india: the day rural hotasar finally...

Celebrations and plans to buy washing machines greeted the arrival of power in Hotasar,Rajasthan, as...

unconferences, hack a thons, and a code for...

This past weekend saw three fantastic open government events assume place in both Washington,DC and...

pm claims australia will meet paris target in a...

Morrison says rate of increase not as tall as previous years and renewables investment will ensure...

emissions increases approved by regulator may wipe...

Exclusive: Nearly 60 industrial sites come by green light to increase emissions,cancelling out cuts...

the iran nuclear deal

Few Americans remember that Iran launched its nuclear program in the 1950s with the direct backing...

massey ceo sentencing comes on eve of mine...

nowadays marks the sixth anniversary of the Upper Big department Mine catastrophe —one of the...

queensland coal push grows as turnbull tries to...

LNP conference to hear calls for new coal power station and conclude to renewable subsidiesA...

the leap manifesto isnt radical. its a way out of...

A powerful movement in Canada,lively by a compelling and positive vision for the climate and...

electricity demand in southern europe to soar with...

Study predicts power consumption to rise with hotter temperatures,increasing need for renewable...

supreme court ruling on obamas clean power plan...

Many states beget begun shifting funds to clean energy,and the administration has touted measures...

anger at david cameron s £100,000 trip to honour...

Cost of visit to pay respects to King Abdullah sparks fury as it underlines links to kingdom amid...

states threaten to call off energy deal if...

Queensland and Victoria hedge bets approximately national energy guarantee,saying they won’t...

josh frydenberg makes peace offering to act before...

Energy minister bows to territory’s call for emissions reduction in national energy guarantee to...

how america became addicted to air conditioning

It is an integral share of contemporary life,but now the US is waking up to the environmental cost...

australia will honour paris climate agreement,...

Trade minister fails to name mechanism for emissions reduction as energy policy looms as key issue...

jay weatherill renews warning labor states could...

South Australian premier signals possible collaboration on alternative to clean energy target,and...

power prices will soar if energy policy doesnt...

Energy minister delivers warning to party conservatives and resources sector ahead of Finkel...

labor states wont compromise on renewable targets...

Victoria’s energy minister warns Canberra ‘we’ve got thresholds’ ahead of assembly on...

how low can oil prices go? opec and el nino take a...

As the price of crude plummets to its lowest level in nearly a decade,analysts point to Opec’s...

tetchy tweets suggest frayed tempers in uk energy...

Series of tweets from minister Andrea Leadsom accuse critics of lies,distortion and nonsenseAre...

energy department announces new clean cities...

Projects Across 17 States befriend Communities by Streamlining Permitting and Training Local...

coalitions climate policy review reveals it will...

Turnbull government will also allow use of international carbon permits and roll over emissions...

zuckerberg, gates and other tech titans form clean...

The Breakthrough Energy Coalition includes Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates,Facebook co-founder Mark...

global emissions nearly stall after a decade of...

Slowdown is attributed to lack of growth in Chinese coal use and signals current period of slower...

can solar cookstoves help reduce greenhouse...

An Ohio startup is disrupting the clean cookstove industry with the introduction of a solar powered...

tony abbott is trying to agitate the nationals...

Energy is proving to be Abbott’s latest weapon in a bid to blow up Turnbull’s leadership. But...

analysis: uk energy policy is in disarray but...

Ministers enjoy been forced to reassure consumers and business that the latest changes to the...

uk climate and energy policy: hypocritical or...

Renewable energy ‘must stand on its own two feet’ yet subsidies for nuclear and fossil fuels...

stanford president pressed on fossil fuel...

Stanford University president John Hennessy was asked approximately his current policies on fossil...

abbott is angry about energy but there are bigger...

The former PM is making noise but the genuine threat to sorting out energy policy is elsewhereTony...

australians could save $100bn on electricity if...

Energy transmission industry ramps up call for market mechanism and says clear regulation could lead...

idea of renewables powering uk is an appalling...

Country should focus on nuclear power and carbon capture technologies,former chief scientific...

independent greenland could not afford to sign up...

Fossil fuel exploitation that would trigger a rise in carbon emissions is necessary to support the...

germany dismisses australia s claims that planned...

Exclusive: Dr Jürgen Zattler,an official at Germany’s ministry for economic cooperation and...

tufts energy conference will focus on solutions

The student-led gathering March 29-30 highlights pragmatic efforts on clean energy technology and...

paris climate deal doesnt stop us building new...

Minister says agreement Australia committed to doesn’t actually bind us to anything in...

nick xenophon reluctant to back coalition plan for...

Senate crossbencher says government should instead stare to emissions intensity scheme for...

chip shot: intel ceo joins president obama at...

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich joined President Obama and other industry CEOs for the American Business...

steep emissions reductions targets wont drive up...

Exclusive: Research finds claims emissions targets make electricity more expensive are...

queensland could reap $24bn renewables boom if it...

Analysts say sector could expand sixfold if all planned projects proceed and government focuses on...

subsidy plan for coal and nuclear plants will cost...

Non-partisan analysis reveals the cost of energy secretary Rick Perry’s proposal to give handouts...

coalition balks on finkel target but will unveil...

Guardian Essential poll finds 65% support for doomed target recommended by the chief scientist Alan...

sadiq khan criticised for backtracking on pledge...

Mayor is letting down Londoners by leaving out a manifesto pledge to create a not-for-profit energy...

engineers warn of looming uk energy gap

Phasing-out of coal and nuclear reactors without alternatives will combine to create a supply crunch...

the eco guide to heating your home

The heat is on when it comes to staying in a warm flat or house. But renewable coal and woodstoves...

energy policy shift will put tackling climate...

Amber Rudd puts focus on making energy affordable and secure but will commit to closing coal-fired...

germanys planned nuclear switch off drives energy...

While Britain visualises a nuclear future,Angela Merkel’s aim of replacing it with renewables by...

the ups and downs of global oil prices

Any tall school graduate should understand the law of supply and demand. So,why is the oil market so...

energy datapalooza: unleashing the power of open...

Imagine it is a scorching hot summer day,and your smart phone beeps, asking if you'd like it to...

more than 1000 votes for popular choice greenapp...

In less than a week since Popular Choice voting began in our Apps for the Environment challenge,you...

clean energy financier invests $150m in...

drag by CEFC designed to drive emissions reductions across Australias airports,ports and electricity...

electricity retailers could defer emissions...

Discussion paper proposes national energy guarantee ‘flexibility’ by deferring proportion of...

energy price rises due to policy uncertainty hurt...

Australian Council of Social Service and Brotherhood of St Laurence warn of two-tiered energy system...

eu green transport target may have increased...

Renewable transport goal has enocuraged biofuels including those from palm oil and soybean,which are...

uk to close all coal power plants in switch to gas...

Amber Rudd vows to close coal-fired stations by 2025 but says balance has swung too far in favour of...

are fossil fuel companies using iea predictions to...

International Energy Agency projections have consistently failed to track the enormous growth of...

coal fired plant shifted $1bn offshore while...

Payment to owner of Loy Yang B – one of country’s dirtiest plants – was compensation for...

turnbull energy policy remarkably similar to...

Labor’s industry spokesman warns Neg does not accomplish enough to reduce prices in the short term...

la will face blackouts this summer due to its...

Though the catastrophic natural gas leak external of Los Angeles has been contained,the...

when it comes to a shift to low carbon energy, key...

From railway rollouts to post-war homes for heroes’,history shows us that societies are capable of...

from liquid air to supercapacitors, energy storage...

Banks of batteries and other technologies could lower energy bills and help renewable power,says...

proposed canada pipeline project would threaten us...

Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain project to expand system’s crude oil capacity is ‘all risk and...

greens unveil push for 90% target for renewable...

Policy proposes new authority to supervise $5bn of construction in clean energy generation and a...

8 reasons why the tokyo olympics will be the most...

In 1964,the final time Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics, the nation revealed one of the biggest mic...

george osborne accused of disastrous assault on...

Former minister Ed Davey says chancellor is pursuing ideologically driven campaign against renewable...

australian government backs coal in defiance of...

Deputy PM Michael McCormack says policy will not change based on ‘some sort of report’The...

scott morrison needs a plan to cut emissions but...

The deep feelings brigade is unlikely to permit any action on climate change,and that will cost the...

coalition considers letting power companies buy...

Tony Abbott argues offsets are carbon trading but government says it could include them in energy...

majority of australians support phasing out coal...

50% of Coalition voters and 67% of Labor voters want to phase out coal,and majority also support...

australias solar future bright as households...

2017’s energy output equivalent to a medium-sized coal-fired power stationThe future of...

solid as a rock

BY MEG CALKINS,FASLA FROM THE FEBRUARY 2018 ISSUE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE. In 14 Patterns...

turnbull admits many impacts on energy bills in...

Opposition leaves itself room to hasten on Coalition’s national energy guarantee while zeroing in...

vestas joins tesla to combine wind with batteries

By Anna Hirtenstein BLOOMBERG NEWS portion of wider global program,Vestas also working with...

obamas wink at cheap oil doesnt help the planet

Saving planet Earth was a prominent feature of President Obama’s State of the Union address...

sses orangutan ad is deeply manipulative

Scottish and Southern Energy’s novel campaign cynically exploits eco-imagery to misrepresent a...

open data for a clean, secure energy future

Freely-available data from the Federal government and other sources can be a powerful input to...

energy guarantee to drive slight renewables...

Energy Security Board issues final advice in tender to convince states to endorse Turnbull’s...

josh frydenberg in final phase of talks with...

A new technical document on the Neg’s design will be distributed ahead of Coag energy council...

us and canada promise to lead world to low carbon...

Countries previously seen as climate change villains present shared vision on cutting emissions as...

keystone xl company takes legal action after obama...

TransCanada launches two challenges as it argues president violated Nafta,saying it is seeking to...

climate change could dry up global power...

ClimateHome: Heatwaves and droughts in a hotter planet to cripple power stations within decades...

former coal executive says company took safety...

Former executive testifies Massey Energy was more concerned about having to pay fines than actually...

robin hood energy: nottingham launches not for...

Company is first local authority-owned energy firm to operate on not-for-profit basis since market...

social media explosion powered by dirty energy,...

Greenpeace singles out Amazon Web Services and Twitter for siting data centres in coal areas and...

energy sectors carbon emissions to grow for second...

IEA head says growth in renewables needs to be paired with coal plant closures Carbon emissions from...

weve turned a corner: farmers shift on climate...

National Farmers’ Federation head Fiona Simson says people on the land can’t ignore what is good...

elon musks tesla battery in south australia poised...

Jay Weatherill says Tesla has finished installing powerpacks and 100-megawatt battery will now be...

jordan bateman: better get ready for trudeau s...

Justin Trudeau’s climate change blueprint just keeps getting worse for Canadians. It’s bad...

proposed polish law would shackle wind power, says...

Coal-reliant country may be trying to late the rise of renewable energy with a clampdown on turbine...

china says it will cut power sector emissions 60%...

As Paris climate talks enter negotiation phase and smog blankets Beijing,China says it will crop CO2...

hillary clinton speaks out against keystone xl...

Hillary Clinton breaks her longstanding silence over the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline,...

solar roadways in our future?

Roads help us get from one space to another, but innovator Sten de Wit thinks that roads could –...

is las blackout scare just a conspiracy to keep...

final week a report from a coalition of energy providers afraid the hell out of Los Angeles,claiming...

ecuador drills for oil on edge of pristine...

First of 200 wells drilled close to controversial block of forest known to enjoy two of the last...

when will the world wake up to the potential of...

A simple machine can convert human waste to electricity and fertilisers. It is time to rethink how...

creating the emissions and generation resource...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated...

poorly insulated homes may cost £1bn extra in...

Legal loophole means landlords won’t need to comply with regulations aiming to protect tenants and...

avoiding our history of energy policy mistakes

With all of the hubbub surrounding this year’s presidential election,something important has...

shell hospitality tour for eu diplomats branded pr...

Dutch diplomat denies tour,offered to 28 energy attaches and organised by the energy giant and Dutch...

socalgas fixes gas leak that gushed methane into...

Though well needs to be permanently sealed and inspected,announcement marked first time leak has...

how fast can we transition to a low carbon energy...

Starting later this month,the world’s nations will convene in traumatized Paris to hammer out...

methane leak in california

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,NOVEMBER 26 – whether you gathered around the Thanksgiving table in...

cereal maker pledges to cut the carbon

You may not mediate approximately how global warming affects your bowl of Cheerios,but General...

preparing the next generation

STUMP: “What we’re trying to do is to accept you engaged in urban problems today,but we also...

lego building blocks go for sustainability

Remember how satisfying it was to dig through your LEGOs and find just the accurate piece? LEGOs are...

australia is the first country to get teslas...

That’s right,Tesla’s much talked approximately Powerwall — the battery that can power your...

3 ways that california needs to learn from saudi...

It’s the drought but it’s not just the drought: California is currently facing unprecedented...

think tanks move to fore on energy

In the world's roiling energy markets,the think tank is having a day in the sun. Antoine Halff,...

introducing the u.s. energy information...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has redesigned its International Energy Portal to...

hourly electric grid monitor reports new...

To a federal statistical agency like the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA),there’s...

dem brown won t run again as mississippi utility...

One of Mississippi’s three public service commissioners says he’s not seeking re-election in...

callon petroleum says it plans to relocate its...

Callon Petroleum says it’ll move its official headquarters to Houston, but that dozens of...

coalition wont replace renewables target after it...

‘We will reach the 26% emission reduction target without additional intervention,’ minister...

weak energy target threatens 27gw of renewable...

The 2020 renewables target is already set to be exceeded by projects now under constructionWeak...

bookshelf: transit for a warming world

Transportation: It’s what delivers you to your job and back,brings fresh fruit to your breakfast...

hourly information on u.s. electricity supply,...

To a federal statistical agency like the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA),there’s...

bp oil spill: judge grants final approval for...

The settlement,first announced in July, will cover environmental damage and other claims by the five...

doubling global renewables by 2030 could save...

Doubling the share of clean energy in the global energy mix would create more jobs,save millions of...

uk government moves to ease energy supply fears

Key reforms to the energy market have been unexpectedly brought forward by a year in a tender to...

las gas leak is a global disaster

One of the worst environmental disasters of the decade is currently underway in a peaceful community...

how to desalinize water using half the energy of...

In the next ten years,Earth’s population is expected to increase by one billion, and only 3% of...

new video emphasizes moral, ethical messages

The October 2015 “This is Not frigid” video produced for Yale Climate Connections by independent...

how much money youll save with these common energy...

Cutting back on electricity can save you some cash,but the savings vary. For example, unplugging an...

maintaining city services during a disaster

With natural disasters devastating communities around the world,many cities are assessing their...

pollinate group set to reach 53,000 homes in india...

Pollinate Group has won a globally competitive tender process with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency...

venezuelas plan to save energy during the drought:...

Fridays in April and May will be non-working holidays in the latest attempt to curb energy use as a...

electricity emissions surge by 5.5% since removal...

Pitt and Sherry analyst declares era of falling demand for electricity has ended after increase in...

this energy efficiency quiz offers easy ways to...

We’ve shown you lots of ways to save money on your power bills,from the drastic to the simple and...

solar and wind could be the dominant source of...

The price of wind and solar is steadily dropping,main researchers to conclude that CO2 emissions...

australias carbon emissions are increasing,...

A report quietly released on Christmas Eve shows Australia’s emissions rose by approximately 1% in...

exxon isn t the only oil company that knew about...

Several months back,Exxon’s public image took a well-deserved nosedive after an investigation by...

video reviews what exxon knew, said

Students of American political history and those stale enough to remember the early 70s Watergate...

meet the tea party patriot who champions solar...

Debbie Dooley is an original founder of the Tea Party Patriots who also happens to be an...

resort s environmental initiatives attracting...

After installing low-energy snow makers,electric-vehicle charging stations, and an energy-efficient...

$pros and cons of fracking: 5 key issues$

pros and cons of fracking: 5 key issues

There’s an issue where the underlying science remains a political football,and scientists are...

last chance today for state legislature to vote...

SB 100 is California’s historic bill that would require the state to push up its goal of achieving...

bring competition back to gas stations by fixing...

By Representative Greg Porter,IN; President, National Black Caucus of State Legislators Minority...

realclearpolicy: nuclear innovation can support...

Amid mounting public concern approximately climate change,many progressives are giving nuclear...

the la gas leak could be plugged as soon as this...

Under the most optimistic scenario,the catastrophic gas leak at Porter Ranch might be plugged by the...

the many benefits of urban solar

In the right setting – and the right quantity – increasing the number of solar panels can do...

dont stress about unplugging your wall chargers...

There’s nothing wrong with trying to save energy and lower your power bill,but unplugging your...

kite flying for wind power

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s . . . a kite? E-Wind Solutions,a company in Oregon, is...

the better buildings energy challenge

Each year,it costs four hundred billion dollars to power commercial buildings and manufacturing...

mountain towns band together to address climate...

Telluride,Colorado is one of the top ski towns in the U.S., but erratic weather fueled by climate...

tim dwight: from nfl star to solar power advocate

After a decade as a wide receiver and return specialist in professional football,coming after being...

press release: ppi statement on new york state...

WASHINGTON—Derrick Freeman,Director of the Energy Innovation Project at the Progressive Policy...

the nation s biggest miner union is ready for a...

On Monday, the nation’s largest union of coal miners announced that it’s down for the shift to...

obama wants to tax oil companies and give the...

Oil is at its lowest price in decades , which has many people worrying about what burning all that...

japan begins work on worlds largest floating solar...

Electronics firm builds floating solar farm on a reservoir due to a shortage of land for...

uk to give petrobras £330m despite the company...

Government to give generous export credit to Brazilian oil giant involved in a multibillion-dollar...

obama rejects keystone xl oil pipeline

After seven years of political wrangling,President Obama has finally rejected the Keystone XL oil...

the blessing of the bikes

In 1999,the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in current York City held the world’s first...

governor brown reasserts california campaign...

It didn’t bewitch long for California Governor Jerry Brown to punch back after the state’s...

this political party is calling for free...

The UBUNTU community of contributionism has seen a meteoric rise of interest over the last few years...

who uses open data?

COMPANY TESTIMONIALS ON OPEN DATA This list is neither all-inclusive nor static. It is meant to be...

california s big battery experiment: a turning...

The Guardian – The world’s largest lithium-ion battery installed after the Aliso Canyon gas...

let there be light! futuristic street lamps tap...

Solar-powered civic lighting could play a key role in tackling Britain’s energy crisisNot far from...

mit researchers turn waste gas into liquid fuel

Successful trial at a pilot plant in China using bacteria to convert exhaust emissions to oil will...

sonys building a battery with 40% higher energy...

Battery life remains the bane of the technology world. But Sony has announced that it’s working on...

accelerating transition to clean power

With all eyes on Paris, many in the energy industry are eagerly anticipating the extent to which a...

ups diesel deal

Some of those gargantuan brown trucks we rely on to deliver our packages will soon be running on...

bill gates says our energy system is broken and...

Infectious diseases like polio and malaria might be gone in 15 years because the founder of...

green fuel

Fossil fuels may soon need to compete with a much greener source of energy . . . biodiesel made from...

how germany s renewable energy revolution took off

WYHL,GERMANY — By many measures, Germany is an unlikely birthplace for a renewable-energy...

a bottom up approach to reducing u.s. carbon...

With final year’s landmark U.S.-China agreement on climate change, the Obama administration has...

exporting u.s. natural gas: the benefits outweigh...

In a remarkably brief period, America has become awash in oil and natural gas. According to the U.S....

solar energy and the environment

HERNANDEZ: “From the micro scale,all the way up to the global scale, we see that there’s a...

2014: a banner year for renewable energy

Power generated from wind,water, and solar was the fastest growing source of energy worldwide in...

shell concedes that drilling off the alaskan coast...

After spending $7 billion drilling for oil and gas in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, oil giant Shell...

all out media campaign: the guardian goes activist

Six years ago,The Guardian newspaper, based in the U.K., and launched its “10:10″ campaign,an...

we are making the wrong energy choices for future...

Our children’s children will not thank us for investing so heavily in technologies like nuclear at...

if a solar plant uses natural gas, is it still...

·The giant Ivanpah solar power plant in the California Mojave Desert recently detailed how much...

a california gas leak is the biggest environmental...

The largest natural gas leak ever recorded is jeopardizing health and causing evacuations for...

community net metering

As renewable energy becomes more affordable, many homeowners are installing systems to generate...

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