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A bill in Massachusetts would create a framework for a geothermal utility, with the aim of heating and cooling buildings cleanly and affordably.

The Republican appropriations bill for the Interior Department proposes per-turbine fees for wind projects, potentially boosting those costs much higher.

As summers become hotter, air conditioner sales are booming. If you’re looking to invest, here’s what to consider.

By using electricity and recycled materials, researchers made a cement that cuts energy use by 70% and carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 98% compared with traditional cement production.

A northern B.C. village may become the home of a new carbon-storage facility built by a Bill Gates-backed American startup. Locals are skeptical but hopeful.

Volcanic activity inspired the concept of solar engineering. One company says it can block the sun’s rays to cool the planet. But should it?

Because gas prices are expected to rise in coming years, a new solar project in Anchorage is poised to become cheaper than power generated by imported natural gas.

The startup is turning on a 200-battery project in South Dakota — and pioneering an electric utility rate that could help boost thermal energy storage more widely.

A shift towards lower‑carbon inhalers has helped cut carbon emissions at Oxford University Hospitals, supporting the ambition to reach net zero and reducing the environmental impact of care.

The United States is in the middle of the largest offshore wind expansion in its history — despite Donald Trump waging what clean energy advocates describe as an all-out war against the sector.
Contenders are near projects that have already been canceled, are still far from construction and are saddled with hefty price tags.

Researchers find that EVs cost no more to own than a comparable gas car almost anywhere in the U.S.

Africa’s energy sector is rapidly shifting toward solar and wind power and battery storage as governments and investors shift away from coal and large hydropower dams.
Solar and wind produce lots of energy — but not always at the right time. More battery storage could help Europe to stabilize prices and replace polluting fossil fuel energy, but roadblocks remain.
Mounting evidence shows a clean energy project in Washington on a Yakama sacred site would in large part power a data center.
Mr. Gore is still giving the slide show that “An Inconvenient Truth” was built around, but with changes that reflect a shift in the discussion of climate change.
Nationwide grid reliability has improved since last summer — and new solar and batteries, not aging coal plants, are the main reason.

The electricity grid in Canada’s second-sunniest province is strained — but Manitoba says solar power is not the solution.

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