A troubling trend has shown up in some communities around the U.S.: Public officials are being inundated with seemingly fake public feedback that aims to block renewable energy and promote fossil fuels.
Solutions
A new study of British MPs finds a persistent gap between what lawmakers believe the public thinks about climate policy and what polls actually show. The misperception may be holding climate legislation back.
Savings grow as energy prices in Great Britain rise and cost of panel installation falls, analysis finds.
Teaming up to buy solar can get residents deep discounts. Virginia is the first to try a statewide campaign as utility bills rise and data centers stress the grid.
Heads turned wherever I went in this solar-powered electric vehicle due to go on sale later this year.
Electric cars are cleaner to drive — but their tires pose a pollution problem. Better materials could help fix the issue.
Andy Burnham urged to seek consensus over response to extreme heat and forthcoming ‘super El Niño’
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.
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