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News Articles: Energy

A work brigade sponsored by Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA, which critics blame for the oil spills, use shovels and rakes to remove congealed petroleum from a Lake Maracaibo beach.

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  • Latin America

Oil spills increase in Venezuela as it revs up output after the U.S. lifted sanctions

After the U.S. lifted its sanctions, Venezuela is trying to revive its beleaguered oil industry. But ramping up production is causing more oil spills.

November 30, 2023
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By:
  • John Otis
A woman breastfeeds her child at a camp for displaced people in Somalia, where climate change is fueling severe drought.

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  • Climate

Climate funding is in short supply. So some want to rework the financial system

Efforts to boost climate financing have moved beyond national pledges. Now the focus is on overhauling organizations like the World Bank and providing countries debt relief.

November 28, 2023
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By:
  • Michael Copley
A man picks through plastic waste at a garbage dump in Kenya.

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  • Climate

Global talks to cut plastic waste stall as industry and environmental groups clash

The United Nations wants to finish a plastics treaty by the end of 2024. Almost every piece of plastic is made from fossil fuels, and the industry wants a big say in how it's cleaned up.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Michael Copley
The USFS is proposing changing a rule that would allow the storage of carbon dioxide pollution under national forests and grasslands. It's controversial.

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  • Climate

The U.S. has a controversial plan to store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests

A proposed rule change from the US Forest Service would allow storage of carbon dioxide pollution under national forests. The plan comes as communities resist such projects in their areas

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Julia Simon
The sun sets behind pumpjacks on Sept. 15, 2021, in the oilfields of Penwell, Texas.

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  • National

Texas pushes some textbook publishers to remove material on fossil fuels

Texas' education board called on some publishers to remove material that some Republicans criticized as incorrect or negative portrayals of fossil fuels in the biggest oil and gas state.

November 18, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Climate-influenced disasters are making people sick. When wildfire smoke from massive fires in Canada blanketed the U.S. in the summer of 2023, emergency rooms saw a spike in admissions for lung problems but also heart attacks and other health issues.

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  • Climate

Climate change, fossil fuels hurting people's health, says new global report

The latest Lancet Countdown, an annual analysis from the prestigious medical journal, underscores the vast and growing costs of fossil fuel burning on health.

November 14, 2023
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
People work at a landfill in India that's full of plastic bags. Members of the United Nations are negotiating a treaty that's aimed at cutting plastic pollution globally.

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  • Climate

The world is awash in plastic. Oil producers want a say in how it's cleaned up

Groups connected to the fossil fuel industry are trying to shape an international treaty to cut plastic pollution. And oil- and gas-producing nations are at the negotiating table.

November 14, 2023
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By:
  • Michael Copley and
  • Julia Simon
Electric vehicle owners visited the EV roadshow when it stopped in Fayetteville, Georgia August 18, 2022.

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  • News

Federal funding looks to promote equity in Georgia’s growing electric transit industry

Funding from the Department of Energy will be used to ensure Black Georgians have equal access to the state's growing electric transportation networks and industry.

November 01, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Wind turbines turn behind a solar farm in Rapshagen, Germany in 2021. The International Energy Agency projects demand for fossil fuels will peak before 2030 as renewable energy continues to grow.

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  • Climate

Global shift to clean energy means fossil fuel demand will peak soon, IEA says

Fossil fuel demand will peak and renewable energy will grow rapidly in coming years, according to an International Energy Agency report.

October 24, 2023
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  • Jeff Brady
Hundreds of active oil wells sit in densely populated and mostly low-income neighborhoods in Los Angeles. A new report details why equity should be central to climate and energy policy in the U.S. to address historical practices.

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  • Climate

Major U.S. science group lays out a path to smooth the energy transition

The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine says putting equity at the center of climate and energy policy will help speed along necessary fossil fuel emission cuts

October 17, 2023
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  • Alejandra Borunda
A 1992 analysis by Duke University and EPA researchers found that children in a home with a gas stove have about a 20% increased risk of developing respiratory illness. A 2022 analysis showed 12.7% of childhood asthma cases in the U.S. can be attributed to gas stove use in homes.

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  • Climate

How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations

Gas stoves emit potentially harmful pollutants, but utilities and their trade group avoided regulation with tactics perfected by the tobacco industry to cast doubt on science showing health problems.

October 17, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
President Joe Biden speaks about his Bidenomics agenda at Tioga Marine Terminal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 13, 2023.

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  • Climate

To rein in climate change, Biden pledges $7 billion to regional 'hydrogen hubs'

President Joe Biden announced billions of federal dollars for the creation of regional hydrogen hubs across the country. Hydrogen could be a climate-friendly alternative to fossil fuels.

October 13, 2023
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By:
  • Susan Phillips
Farmer Rob Stone (R) and Gregory Gingera, a canola breeder at Corteva Agriscience, walk through Stone's field in Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada in May. Canadian farmers are looking for ways to deal with recurrent drought, including planting earlier and using seeds that are more resistant to heat.

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  • Climate

Climate rules are coming for corporate America

U.S. regulators are finalizing rules that will make publicly traded companies disclose information about climate change. Other jurisdictions have been announcing similar requirements.

October 12, 2023
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  • Michael Copley
GPB News NPR

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  • Climate

U.S. transition to clean energy is happening faster than you think, reporter says

Huge swaths of the country are pivoting from fossil fuels, toward wind, solar and other renewables. New York Times climate reporter Brad Plumer discusses this progress and roadblocks that lie ahead.

October 05, 2023
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
Solar panel covers the roof of this home near Savannah High School

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  • News

Solar leasing programs offered for low-to-moderate income Georgians

Low- and moderate-income Georgia homeowners have a new opportunity to benefit from solar panels on their roof without spending tens of thousands of dollars upfront. 

October 05, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
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