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A technician working on a heat pump outside a house

The US may be hitting a tipping point for heat pumps

In the first quarter of this year, heat pump sales beat fossil-fuel furnaces by 32 percent. Here's what makes the appliance so powerful.
grist.org
Closeup portrait of US Senator Lindsay Graham from 11/13/2017

Part of Lindsey Graham’s legacy: Climate negotiator

The South Carolina Republican was once a member of a group looking for a deal on bipartisan climate legislation.

www.politico.com
Solar panels with wind turbines beneath electrical transmission lines at sunset.

This Nova Scotia town wants to use 100% renewable energy. It’s more than halfway there

Berwick, N.S., is using solar, hydroelectric and wind power in effort to become a zero-emissions community.
www.cbc.ca
EV parked at a Tesla charging station adjacent to a MacDonald's restaurant

US electric vehicle sales are down but EV chargers are booming

Electric vehicle chargers are proliferating in Southern states as fast food restaurants, stores, and other businesses try to lure customers.

www.nytimes.com
A child holding a protest sign that says 'the ocean is rising and so are we'

Why the Sunrise Movement reorganized to fight authoritarianism

Sunrise Executive Director Aru Shiney-Ajay discusses why she thinks fighting authoritarianism and climate change go hand in hand.

yaleclimateconnections.org
Two men on a sailboat

Sailing's governing body tries to make Olympic equipment sustainable

The governing body for sailing is looking at how the sport’s Olympic-class equipment is made, used, and discarded, to eventually make changes that will reduce its environmental impact.

apnews.com
A row of wind turbines situated behind a row of solar panels

Sweeping victory for Europe as 15 nations top climate scoreboard

Europe ranks first in the latest Environmental Performance Index, partly due to the boom in renewables. But experts warn that more progress is needed.

www.euronews.com
Illustration depicting nuclear energy as green power. Nuclear symbol connecting the globe

Trump says a nuclear renaissance is coming. The deals aren’t

The administration touts breakthroughs for the industry as it cites AI’s enormous energy appetite. So why aren't commercial reactors getting built?
www.washingtonpost.com
A white home energy battery installed on a wall next to a small white electric vehicle

Home batteries could become the next must-have household appliance

An energy expert explains how batteries can lower electric bills, keep homes running during outages, and ease pressure on an increasingly strained grid.
yaleclimateconnections.org
An illustration of a lasso catching harmful smoke coming from an industrial building

‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks.

www.theguardian.com
Solar panels juxtaposed against transmission lines and wind turbines

NY Governor Hochul: ‘Do not question my credentials’ on climate, clean energy

While New York pushed back a near-term climate goal, the Democratic governor touted the state’s solar deployment, a major new transmission line, and plans to boost nuclear power to achieve its 2050 net-zero target.

www.politico.com
A person sitting at a table cutting into a cooked steak on a plate

The climate fix: Target the biggest meat eaters

A Scottish study finds that shifting heavy meat eaters toward modest cuts, rather than trimming everyone's diet evenly, could prevent 60,000 diabetes cases and deliver outsized climate gains.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Waves and water on a lake Michigan shoreline

Experimental bathtub: The remote lake island trying wave power to boost energy security

Researchers on Beaver Island, in Lake Michigan, are trying to find a more reliable form of power using local resources.

www.theguardian.com
Two yellow "rock trucks" parked at a mining cut, surrounded by disturbed earth and mining

Uranium mining grows as Trump seeks to feed a nuclear boom

The federal government recently approved a South Dakota uranium project that moved through the FAST-41 permitting process.
www.eenews.net
Grid-scale backup batteries juxtaposed against transmission lines

Beyond lithium: New battery tech starts to break through

As EV sales boom and grids seek more energy storage, researchers are racing to develop batteries that are cheaper, more powerful, and less reliant on hard-to-source materials. Lithium-ion still dominates, but sodium-ion and solid-state technologies are moving from lab to market.
e360.yale.edu
Solar panels juxtaposed against transmission lines and wind turbines

European countries top ‘scorecard’ on climate progress while US slips to 27th

Estonia, Luxembourg and UK are ranked as the top three in the biennial Yale University index.

www.theguardian.com
Demonstrator holding a sign reading "CHANGE THE POLITICS, NOT THE CLIMATE"

Bill Frist wants to take politics out of climate change

Bill Frist, a surgeon who also served as Senate majority leader, has emerged as an outspoken advocate for environmental health. “A healthier planet means healthier people,” he said.
www.nytimes.com
A white egret flying over a wetlands area

Tracking 20 years of productivity in tidal wetlands

A new study suggests warming temperatures and increased solar radiation have boosted carbon fixation in tidal wetlands across the country.
eos.org
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