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Ember: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

For the first time, 30% of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources as the number of solar and wind farms continued...

FILE - People use umbrellas to block the sun while waiting to take a photo at the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign July 8, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Wade Vandervort/Las Vegas Sun via AP)
ClimateEnvironmentNewsWeather

A look at heat records that have been broken around the world

2024 has seen unprecedented heat records worldwide, indicating a clear sign of human-induced climate change, with areas like Las Vegas hitting 120°F for...

FILE - Groundwater squirts up during drilling for a geothermal heating and cooling system at a home in White Plains, N.Y., May 8, 2023. A community in Framingham, Mass., will soon become one of the first in the U.S. to be heated with geothermal connected to each other. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
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Climate solution: US town experiments with community heating and cooling

A pilot climate solution that uses a highly-efficient heating and cooling system could see electric bills drop by 20%, is being trialled in...

FILE - Solar panels work near the small town of Milagro, Navarra Province, northern Spain, Feb. 24, 2023. Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources, according to a report published Wednesday, May 8, 2024, by Ember, a think tank based in London. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)
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More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources, according to a report published Wednesday, May 8

BuildingsBusinessCarbon ManagementEmissionsManufacturingNews

Making cement is damaging for the climate – but one solution is opening in California

California startup Fortera has developed a technology that reduces carbon dioxide in cement manufacturing and could have potential to operate at large scale

Carbon ManagementEmissionsHydrogenNewsPolitics

U.S. energy agency announces $6B to slash emissions in industrial facilities

The Biden administration announced $6 billion in funding Monday for projects that will slash emissions from the industrial sector — the largest-ever U.S....

GeothermalNewsPoliticsSolarStorage

U.S. energy agency announces $475M in funding for clean energy projects on mine land sites

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration pumped more money into clean energy projects Thursday, announcing up to $475 million in federal funding...

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Heat pumps that fit in apartment windows promise big emissions cuts

NEW YORK — For 27 years, the heat in Regina Fred’s Queens apartment building came from a noisy steam radiator that she couldn’t...