Landmark new research from The Earthshot Prize and the University of Exeter has revealed 51 solutions that can trigger “rapid and transformative change” to repair the planet over the next five years.
Solutions
A tentative contract announced by Rhode Island Energy would bring 150 megawatts of renewable electricity to the state via an onshore wind farm planned in northern Maine.
A Georgia solar-panel factory — and the jobs it provides — is making renewable energy fans out of state Republicans.
Trump-supporting states are driving the solar boom even as Republican policies complicate its future.

How California is kicking its natural gas habit
11 September
Solar and batteries matter, but they’re not the only reasons for the steep decline in gas-fired electricity.

Are electric cars really bad for the environment?
11 September
Some German politicians are calling for a delay to the EU plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles, saying cars must be judged on the entire carbon footprint. But the full picture still says EVs are more climate friendly.
Gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany flipped on data centers, outflanked his Democratic rival, and tied the issue to renewable projects he has opposed for years.
Scientists and investors are restoring a 23-square-mile tract of peatland in North Carolina to help curb climate-warming emissions and restore native habitat.
It's a grim moment for what was a booming industry in the state, but EV makers are still forging ahead.
A sweeping yet vaguely worded national emergency declaration targeting Chinese grid tech could put gigawatts of grid battery projects on uncertain legal ground.

Opinion: Al Gore was right
09 September
How changing lightbulbs helped change the world.
Researchers urge governments to help the worst afflicted countries, such as Nigeria and Algeria, which rely on oil revenues for public services.
Retired EV batteries and clean-energy demand are on opposite sides of China. Reuniting them could be one of decarbonization's cheapest wins.
China has more solar capacity online than coal capacity. It’s a remarkable milestone, but the fossil fuel still generates far more electricity than solar does.
Europe just opened a carbon capture and storage plant billed as the continent's largest. But global climate scenarios call for far more capacity than exists anywhere on Earth.
Local communities in Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan are turning to the Indigenous practice of glacier grafting as water shortages take hold.
The world’s second-largest oil consumer cut its use by 9 percent as the Iran war crimped supply. The drop could accelerate China’s pivot away from the fossil fuel.

Inside the passage of America’s biggest climate law
02 September
In a new memoir, author Leah Stokes takes readers behind the scenes of U.S. democracy — and shows how people can still have an outsize impact by working together.
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