Andy Burnham urged to seek consensus over response to extreme heat and forthcoming ‘super El Niño’
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A coalition of solar entrepreneurs and venture capitalists mounted a pugilistic “Revenge Tour” to show candidates eager to hamper their industry that they’ll fight back. So far, it’s working.
A sprawling London fresh produce market is producing its own power thanks to record-breaking rooftop solar.
Like in all previous COPs, it proved difficult to achieve unanimity over a legally binding all-encompassing document, especially at a time when the big powers question the mere principle of multilateralism.
Secretive state begins repairs on aging facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas.
By closing the loop on the same reaction that makes cement, researchers say plants could capture more carbon dioxide than they release.
A pilot program placing solar panels between the rails has proven successful enough that the idea is spreading to Italy, France, and Korea.
The Trump administration’s latest deal to abandon offshore wind projects and boost investment in fossil fuels is set to deliver a windfall to a private equity firm run by one of the president's major donors.

Rooftop solar is having a rough one
28 August
New tariffs and expired tax credits have put a dent in U.S. panel sales; but there’s reason for optimism.
Sports and recreation have more influence than you might think.
Unless Governor Newsom blocks the bill, it will legalize plug-in solar in one of the world’s biggest economies.
The first large site for testing wave energy technologies in the continental U.S. is open, after securing a key green-energy approval from the Trump administration.
Advocates said the executive action is a positive step, but are calling on the General Assembly to do more.
A new study finds that burying logging debris, instead of burning it, could store far more carbon and generate billions in revenue for forest-thinning projects.
The Department of Energy’s moonshot funding program is working. President Trump seems inclined to keep it.
The Maine Public Utilities Commission will finally move forward with plans for a new transmission line to northern Maine and an 800 megawatt wind project.
For years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise.
A study published in Nature Cities, suggests that forests placed strategically outside urban cores can lower temperatures across much of a city.
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