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Lower reservoir on El Hierro island
Environment
Spanish island dumps diesel for wind, water and sunshine
A man standing in a dimly lit room showing large renewable batteries
Ukraine
Renewable energy seen as an answer to Ukraine’s wartime energy woes
People walk across the famed Shibuya scramble crossing as the sun sets behind the skyscraper, Oct. 11, 2021, in Tokyo.
Energy
A Tokyo train company moves to become net-carbon neutral
wood pellets in hand
Energy
Biomass energy may soon lose its green label in the EU
Boxing legend and presidential candidate, senator Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao greets the crowd in Pasay city, Philippines Monday, March 14, 2022. 
Elections
Candidates go ‘green’ on the campaign trail for Philippines national election
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, North Dakota.
Critical State
Political climate: Part I
A man walks past electricity pylons at an electricity sub station in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. 
Energy
As energy prices soar in Spain, residents seek renewable alternatives
A smokestack burns in the distance of a rugged area with dried leaves and grass.
The Big Fix
China launches world’s largest carbon market
Forests cover about 80% of the Maritime Provinces of eastern Canada. Around half of that land is owned by smallholders.
The Big Fix
Can carbon offsets preserve Canadian woodlands?
Joe Biden climate executive action
Biden administration
Biden vows to take a ‘whole of government’ approach to climate change
A large red oil tanker is shown in the distance passing underneath two tall bridge columns.
In landmark decision, Denmark will phase out oil and gas by 2050. Here’s how.
A large coal processing plant is shown from above with several smokestacks billowing emmissions.
Climate Change
China, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060
A crowd of protesters
What Germany’s energy revolution can teach the US
Four men stand outside in a valley near a river bed
Small hydropower plants threaten Montenegro’s last free-flowing rivers in a bid for cleaner energy
Homeowners can connect solar panels to batteries in their garage, this one from the Bay Area company Sunrun, to help power much of their homes during times of peak electricity demand.
Energy
Here comes the sun (storage)
bitcoin logo on pillow
Environment
Mining bitcoin uses more energy than mining gold
John Kerry signs Paris Climate Agreement holding granddaughter
Climate Change
John Kerry wants us to respect US democracy — by voting for a cleaner planet
Under a new carbon offset program that is gaining popularity in Congress, oil and gas companies — and other manufacturers of products involving — fossil fuel would have to pay $40 for every ton of carbon emitted into the atmosphere.
Politics
New carbon offset program may have the bipartisan support it needs on Capitol Hill
South-central Wyoming has some of the strongest winds in the United States. The Department of Energy estimates that by 2030, Wyoming has the potential to power the equivalent of 3.4 million homes.
50 States
America’s leading coal state looks to the wind
Wood scraps
Environment
The UK’s move away from coal means they’re burning wood from the US
Members of environmental groups hold up banners calling for renewable energy at the United Nations climate talks that took place in Bonn, Germany in 2015. Bonn was the site of the last United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2017, in which co
Climate Change
As latest UN climate change summit looms, delegates have plenty of work to do
Workers install panels at a solar farm built by Cypress Creek Renewables in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The company has cancelled projects in 10 states since new tariffs were implemented.
Business, Economics and Jobs
The early impact of solar tariffs: Fewer American projects, fewer American jobs
McDaid and Lekalakala
Environment
Two friends from South Africa share the Goldman Environmental Prize
Solar panels
Technology
Jobs in solar energy fall for the first time in seven years
Fisherman Steve Barratt says the area just offshore of the English port of Ramsgate was a prime fishing ground until a wind farm was built there a few years ago. Now he says he has to steam for three hours to get a good catch, almost all the way to the Ne
Environment
The UK’s offshore wind boom is great for the climate. But what about the fish?
"It sounded a load of rubbish" is how Grimsby port chief Martin Boyers remembers reacting to a plan to create a maintenance hub for new offshore wind farms in the depressed city. “I didn’t know anything about renewables."
Environment
Offshore wind projects breathe life into struggling UK ports
Crescent Dunes
Technology
Solar energy gets an endurance boost from salt
For years, Shanghai has featured some of China's worst air pollution. Recent initiatives by the Chinese government, though, have begun to clean up some of the problem.
Economics
With the US pursuing fossil fuels, alternative, renewable forms of energy could be an even bigger boon to China
Production operator John White checks a panel at the SolarWorld solar panel factory in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Economics
Trump slaps steep US tariffs on imported washers, solar panels
Hampshire College library
Education
Hampshire College goes 100 percent solar
Sámi renideer herder Reiulf Aleksandersen and his son build a fence for gathering their herd on Rooksavardi, or Red Mountain, in far northern Norway.
Environment
This family is already being hurt by climate change. They might also be hurt by a solution.
A section of the Hambach lignite mine in Germany's Rhineland coal fields, whose coal-fired power plants, run by power giant RWE, are one of Europe's largest sources of CO2 emissions.
Environment
Germany talks a good game on climate, but it’s still stuck on coal
Cleaning up power lines in Puerto Rico
Development
Renewable energy and resilient microgrids could help rebuild Puerto Rico
Solar farm
Environment
An entirely renewable energy future is possible, a new study says
Rooftop solar panels in Queens.
Economics
A new way to go local: Buy solar energy from your neighbors
Solar panels
Technology
California’s electrical grid can’t handle all the solar energy the state is producing
Employees row a boat as they examine solar panel boards at a pond in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, in this March 16, 2016 photo.
Can Chinese pragmatism help save the planet?
Full Episode
India solar panel
Environment
India’s renewable energy revolution is racing ahead
Solar workers
Environment
Solar jobs now outnumber coal jobs in the US
A glorious pile of batteries.
Technology
Scientists are trying to make the perfect battery
A vast array of curved mirrors at the Noor Concentrated Solar Power plant near Ouarzazate, Morocco. The massive facility is part of an agressive effort to develop renewable power in Morocco.
Environment
Now blooming in the desert: Morocco’s grand dream of energy independence
China says it will invest another $361 dollars in renewable energy over the next four years and create 13 million new jobs in the sector, building on previous massive investments. The country already has the largest capacity of solar p
Environment
Donald Trump sees the future in coal. China sees the future in renewables. Who’s making the safer bet?
Solar panels at Topaz Solar Farm in California.
Technology
Solar panels are cheaper than ever. But some manufacturers are losing money.
After an extremely warm first half of the year, global surface temperatures were heading for a third-straight record warm year in 2016. This NOAA map from December shows record warm temperatures (red) and record cold (blue) through the first 11 months of
Environment
2016 brought more record temperatures. So what climate course will the US and Trump set in 2017?
Marrakech’s Koutoubia mosque has soaked up the Moroccan sun for nearly 900 years. Now it also puts those rays to work generating clean electricity with newly installed solar panels.
Environment
Muslim environmentalists give their religion — and their mosques — a fresh coat of green
A wind farm in Power County, Idaho.
Economics
For solar and wind energy projects, a new lease on land
Texas Tech climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe is one of the US's leading figures on communicating about climate change with skeptical audiences. She says she'd only talk to president-elect Donald Trump if she were asked, but if she were, she'd do what she
Environment
Can Trump be reached on climate by talking with him about other things? Maybe …
Greentown Labs in Somerville, Mass. has become the nation’s largest clean technology incubator, housing more than 50 small companies.
Technology
Massachusetts pushes to brew up new green businesses to help fight climate change
Diablo Canyon
Environment
Nuclear reactors in California and New York State are on different paths
Indian woman solar panel
Environment
The Obama administration and a group of US foundations join forces to help India boost its solar capacity
Harwich solar panels
Environment
Doubling renewable energy by 2030 could save the global economy trillions of dollars every year
India solar charging station
Environment
A US trade complaint may hinder India’s plan for a homegrown solar industry
Solar panels
Global Politics
Pols talk tough on climate change, but boost funds for renewable energy
Organic flow battery
Technology
A breakthrough may make the mega flow battery commercially viable in the near future
After years of dirty development, China is reducing its reliance on coal, and embracing cleaner energy options.
Kicking China’s Coal Habit
Full Episode
Sammis power plant
Environment
An Ohio power company wants to reverse the deregulation it once fought for
Rooftop solar on house
Environment
The coming years may be rooftop solar’s time to shine
Hillary, Jake and Barry
Environment
The Hillary Clinton campaign goes solar
Smog in China
Environment
The reign of ‘King Coal’ may be coming to an end. What’s next?
Solar panels Cornwall, UK
Environment
The ‘Great Energy Transition’ is already underway, according to a new book