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Trump Should Be Held Accountable For Defunding Renewable Energy Projects

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Years of US climate action have been decimated in a mere few months. Renewable energy in the US had tripled over the last decade with solar, wind, and geothermal becoming more and more mainstream. Now the Trump administration is defunding renewable energy projects that have been designed to moderate our … [continued]

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Solar Panel Waste is Tiny—Coal & Gas Emit Hundreds Of Times Mass Per MWh

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Every few months, another wave of media reports predictably warns about the supposed “looming crisis” of solar panel waste. Given the urgency of climate action, it’s frustrating to see the conversation repeatedly derailed by these exaggerated concerns. I’ve previously examined this narrative around wind energy, demonstrating clearly in my CleanTechnica … [continued]

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Grunge Meets Grid: How Pearl Jam’s Carbon Price Led Me to Battery ETFs

11 min read

The world is electrifying at an accelerating pace, and while solar panels and wind turbines grab most of the headlines, the real power behind the transition lies buried in rocks and embedded in chemistry. Batteries and the critical minerals that go into them are the plumbing of the clean energy … [continued]

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Conventional Geothermal’s Untapped Potential: What’s Holding It Back?

9 min read

Conventional geothermal electrical generation, where conditions are right, is an excellent form of renewable generation. It keeps chugging along day and night, offering firmed power with some of the highest capacity factors in the business and very low emissions per MWh. Yet, despite its many advantages, geothermal often gets left … [continued]

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