Solutions Credit: elenathewise/BigStock Photo ID: 9354038 To block solar energy projects, one community lumped them in with junkyards and adult bookstores A local fight in Indiana shows that even streamlined permitting can’t overcome deep community resistance to solar development.
Newsletter Credit: Getty Images/Unsplash+ A construction ban on data centers would be better for Ohio than the status quo, study says Forcing AI companies to generate 90% of the power through renewables would be best, a cost-benefit analysis has said.
Newsletter Credit: Getty Images/Unsplash+ Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action ‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed.
Top Story Credit: Getty Images/Unsplash+ Solar power is helping the Global South skip fossil fuels Renewable electricity is cheaper than ever. While the West got rich on coal and oil, some of the world's poorest countries are banking on solar, wind and water instead.
Newsletter Credit: Aldward Castillo/Unsplash+ Solar power is helping the Global South skip fossil fuels While the West got rich on coal and oil, some of the poorest countries in the world are banking on solar, wind, and water instead.
Newsletter Credit: Alexander Mils/Unsplash+ Solar panels have a surprising side effect: Stopping dust storms In a first, researchers realistically calculated how solar farms in the Gobi Desert improve air quality in northern Chinese cities.
Newsletter Credit: Getty Images/Unsplash+ United Stated Department of Agriculture finalizes changes that could end support for solar on farms Farmer and environmental groups are suing to stop the changes to the Rural Energy for America program.
