The climate crisis is intensifying. Governments seem powerless to take forceful action, even as millions of people take to the streets demanding action. Yet we know how to end this crisis. Why isn’t it happening?
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Solar energy and wind power are now the cheapest options for generating electricity. The great 21st Century energy transition is well underway.
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President Trump’s State of the Union address on February 5 was notable for what it omitted. Not a squeak about climate change. He’s still the denier-in-chief.
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Solar energy and wind power are inexaustible sources of cheap renewable energy–but there’s a fatal flaw. They are inherently intermittent, and this makes them poor candidates for providing dispatchable power. But coupled with megawatt scale batteries, solar and wind become star performers..
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A recent review of the additional mortality in Puerto Rico associated with the destruction caused by Hurricane Maria in September 2017 has sharply revised the numbers upwards–by almost two orders of magnitude. Most deaths occurred after the hurricane had passed–and are due to the failure of health care systems because of power outages, water shortages, and communication black-outs.
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These are the names proposed for the first three named tropical storms that develop in the Atlantic and Caribbean during
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A new study from the Rocky Mountain Institute shows that new natural gas-fired power plants cannot compete with clean energy systems that combine renewable energy with energy storage, efficiency improvements, and demand management. Smart energy storage systems are the key to fully unlocking the potential of intermittent renewable energy.
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