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He wanted to get his home off fossil fuels. There was just one problem.
Want to electrify your home? Good luck finding a contractor.
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After championing greener building codes, local governments lose right to vote
The construction and gas industries now have more control over the nation's building codes.
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Oil’s biggest lobbying group killed carbon prices. Now it supports them?
Why the American Petroleum Institute is doing a 180 on carbon pricing
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In GM’s new Super Bowl ad, Will Ferrell loves EVs — and hates Norway
The star-studded ad shows GM's wild turnaround on electric vehicles.
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How steel might finally kick its coal habit
Several companies are working to make the process of forging the building material cleaner
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The First 100 – Biden’s Sky-High Stack of Executive Orders
A dispatch from day 10 of the Biden administration.
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Could the world reverse climate change but still burn all the fossil fuels? Scientists humor the idea.
It would be a wildly inefficient way of tackling climate change.
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Can we really end our reliance on natural gas? These moms have a plan — and the ear of utilities.
Massachusetts nonprofit HEET wants to turn leaky infrastructure into district-wide geothermal heat-pump systems that it hopes will create a “post-gas world.”
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Today’s wind turbine blades could become tomorrow’s bridges
As wind turbines reach the end of their life, engineers are turning the blades into electrical transmission towers, bridges, cement, and more.
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![Burlington, Vermont, sources 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources.]()
![Burlington, Vermont, sources 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources.]()
Can a city truly be 100% renewable? It’s complicated.
Hundreds of cities have pledged to switch to renewables -- but there's a lot standing in their way.
