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News Articles: Energy

A worker installs solar panels on a roof, Feb. 6, 2024, Garden City. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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  • News

Rooftop program aims to change demographics of solar

Georgia Bright attracts low to moderate income Georgia homeowners with solar leasing.

February 12, 2024
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  • Mary Landers
The Southern LNG facility sits along the Savannah River on Elba Island, just east of Savannah.

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  • Environment

Biden order on liquefied natural gas stymies proposed expansion of Georgia export facility

LNG methane emissions need to be scrutinized, says White House climate advisor.

January 29, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
A boat sails down the Calcasieu Ship Channel past Cameron LNG, one of three liquified natural gas export plants in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

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  • Climate

U.S. pauses build-out of natural gas export terminals to weigh climate impacts

The Biden administration announced Friday it's temporarily freezing any new natural gas export facilities while the Department of Energy reviews the implications on climate change.

January 27, 2024
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  • Halle Parker
LanzaJet's Freedom Pines facility is located in Soperton, Georgia, about halfway between Savannah and Macon.

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  • Environment

Rural Georgia gets world's first sustainable jet fuel factory of its kind

Suburban Chicago-based LanzaJet unveiled on Wednesday its Freedom Pines facility in rural Soperton, about halfway between Savannah and Macon, before an audience of more than 200 people including state and federal government leaders.

January 25, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, N.D. Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a new rule proposed by the Biden administration.

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  • Environment

EPA proposes a fee aimed at reducing climate-warming methane emissions

The new fee is intended to encourage the oil and gas industry to lower emissions of methane and thereby avoid paying.

January 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
To prepare for a potential power outage, make sure you have backup power sources and an emergency plan in the event of a prolonged blackout, say experts.

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  • Weather

How to handle a winter power outage

A massive storm is causing disruptions across the Midwest and is expected to affect other parts of the U.S. throughout the weekend. Here's how to prepare for a possible power outage.

January 12, 2024
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  • Clare Marie Schneider
The James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in Adamsville, Alabama is a coal-fired facility. In 2023 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions declined 1.9% because less of the country's electricity came from plants like this one.

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  • Climate

U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming

Climate-warming greenhouse gasses in the U.S. declined 1.9% last year, but that's only a third of what's needed to meet Paris climate change goals.

January 10, 2024
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  • Jeff Brady
Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan ecology and natural resources minister, attends a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit on Dec. 11, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Babayev has been named to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks later this year, prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company in a major oil-producing nation.

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  • Climate

Azerbaijan names a former oil executive to lead 2024 climate talks

Mukhtar Babayev, has been named to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks later this year, prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company.

January 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Climate change is driving more frequent and intense wildfires. Companies and researchers are using AI to both detect wildfires early, and to help prevent megafires.

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  • Climate

4 ways AI can help with climate change, from detecting methane to preventing fires

Many companies, researchers and governments are using artificial intelligence as a tool to help with climate solutions. Here are four ways AI is now used to combat global warming.

January 02, 2024
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  • Julia Simon
South Fork Wind — a 12-turbine wind farm near Long Island —began generating electricity in December.

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  • Climate

Offshore wind in the U.S. hit headwinds in 2023. Here's what you need to know

Rising interest rates, inflation, and global supply chain issues brought delays in 2023 for the offshore wind industry, but also some projects began generating energy.

December 27, 2023
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  • Miriam Wasser - WBUR
Hydrogen storage tanks are visible at the Iberdrola green hydrogen plant in Puertollano, central Spain, on March 28. The Biden administration on Friday released its highly anticipated proposal for how the U.S. plans to dole out tax credits to hydrogen producers.

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  • Energy

Biden administration unveils hydrogen tax credit plan to jump-start industry

The plan outlines a tiered system, with cleaner energy projects receiving more, and smaller credits going to those that use fossil fuel to produce hydrogen.

December 22, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Oval Heating and A/C workers install a more efficient condensing gas boiler in a Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania home. New Department of Energy efficiency standards can only be met with these boilers or furnaces, which save customers about 15% on their gas utility bill.

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  • Climate

Land of the free, home of the inefficient: appliance standards as culture war target

To meet climate goals, energy efficiency for dozens of appliances is getting renewed attention from the Biden administration.

December 21, 2023
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  • Jeff Brady
Ian Billick, a field biologist and the mayor of Crested Butte, Colo., led a push to ban natural gas hookups in new construction as part of an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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  • Climate

How a utility company fought to keep two Colorado towns hooked on fossil fuels

Environmental advocates worry natural gas providers are using customer dollars to block local action on climate change. Colorado is one of a handful of states trying to limit the practice.

December 21, 2023
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  • Sam Brasch
GPB News NPR

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  • Energy

The tough economics of getting hard-to-find minerals for electric vehicle batteries

America's only cobalt mine opened last year to great fanfare, as the mineral is crucial for green energy. But it surprisingly closed just months later.

December 15, 2023
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  • Stacey Vanek Smith
FILE - This Oct. 24, 2006 file photo shows file photo shows the Ice Harbor dam on the Snake River in Pasco, Wash.  (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston, File)

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  • Climate

Tribes celebrate historic deal with White House that could save Pacific Northwest salmon

The White House has reached what it says is an historic agreement over the restoration of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, a deal that could end for now a decades long legal battle with tribes.

December 14, 2023
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  • Kirk Siegler
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