Reducing ruminant meat, as opposed to all animal products, can help meet both environmental and public health goals, a new study finds.
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President Trump blocked Massachusetts from unlocking new offshore wind from its own coasts, dealing a crucial blow to the state’s energy transition. So Gov. Maura Healey is testing the waters to the north instead.
If all goes to plan, I will spend a grand total of zero dollars on an electrification project that could have cost me well over $10,000.
The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, spoke at COP31, a meeting aimed at reducing emissions, amid a sharp drop in attendance by world leaders.
China is leading the world in moving away from fossil fuels, and the rest of the globe — including the U.S. — must now follow, the former U.S. secretary of state, John Kerry says.
Brazil has launched a long-awaited road map to help countries transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies.
Even if legislators shy away from the word “climate,” it is deeply tied to top priorities on affordability and data centers.
For the first time in 30 years, the state’s utility commission will have a Democratic majority — and they’re targeting Georgia Power’s costly fossil gas buildout.
As world leaders arrive at United Nations climate talks in the Turkish resort town of Antalya, calling for urgent climate action, co-host Turkey also wants to halve the amount of global waste in the next decade.
In the race to meet the nation’s growing power demands, states and utilities are rapidly building new "battery farms" that can store energy for when customers need it most. But as the facilities grow, so too does community opposition.

The United States is skipping COP31 in Turkey
11 November
President Trump refused to send an American delegation to the United Nations climate summit in Turkey.
Five countries have backed a plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar panels worldwide by 2030.
Going digital is often assumed to be a modern, efficient strategy that will save energy and resources. Thirty years of data from the world’s largest economies suggest the energy needed to power them has so far outweighed the savings.
The transition to electric vehicles should be moving apace, but it is not. And why? Incompetence, expedience, and cowardice, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot.
Texas now issues permits for companies to store carbon dioxide underground; East Texas residents fear safety risks, and skeptics doubt the climate benefits.
From Electric Vehicles and electric buses on the road, heat pumps warming homes, and solar panels powering appliances, the shift to electrifying technology is already in full swing. But what exactly does "electrification" mean?
Outdated power grids are a major hurdle in the transition to renewable energy, since older systems often can’t absorb all the electricity from new, cleaner sources.
China just saw its steepest quarterly drop in carbon dioxide emissions since the Covid pandemic, thanks to energy shocks rippling from the Iran war.
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