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Residental solar panels installed on rooftops.
AnalysisElectricitySolar

Seeing is believing: your neighbour’s choice to go solar might have influenced you more than you think

While we normally think of Australia’s embrace of solar as an economic choice, it’s more than that – it’s also about the choices...

Ronnie Jefferies paints the parking lot at Science, Arts and Entrepreneurship School to help cool it by making it more reflective, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Mableton, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
AnalysisElectricityNews

US school districts race to invest in cooling solutions as classrooms, playgrounds heat up

Schools address rising heat and its impacts by adding cool roofs, shade, and greenery, but funding and resources vary widely.

AnalysisEconomyEmissionsEmissions MarketsPoliticsRegulationsReports

Rethinking carbon-pricing policies for cost-effectiveness

A narrow price on carbon can sometimes be more cost-effective than broad policies due to sector-specific tax distortions: Resources for the Future

Technicians install a heat pump that replaces the furnace and air conditioner at Su Balasubramanian's home in Washington, DC (AFP)
AnalysisElectricity

Heat pumps are key to home electrification — but will Americans buy in?

The U.S. pushes home electrification via heat pumps, efficient systems replacing heaters and air conditioners, to cut emissions.

AnalysisCoalEmissionsIn-Depth

Global Coal Plant Tracker: Just 15 countries account for 98% of new coal-power development

Some of the most significant trends driving the continued development of coal across the 15 largest markets, drawing insight from the Global Coal...

AnalysisCarbon ManagementClimateElectric Vehicles (EVs)ElectricityEmissionsHydrogenReportsSolarStorageWind

Stuck in the slow lane: McKinsey warns pace of clean tech deployment risks missing 2050 net-zero targets

Despite some progress in renewable energy like solar and wind, there remains a significant gap in deploying newer, crucial technologies such as carbon...

AnalysisBiodiversityClimateEmissionsEnvironmentIndigenousResiliency

El Comandante Hernández leads ‘Tree Army’ in defense of Mexico City’s trees

Activist Arturo Hernández leads The Tree Army, a grassroots group defending Mexico City's urban trees from harm.

AnalysisClimateEmissionsPolitics

Climateworks Centre: Australia has just been handed a map for getting to net zero

A report from Australia's Climate Change Authority shows how emissions cuts can be made in sectors such as land use, resources, transport and...

FILE PHOTO: A vehicle drives near the Baunatal Volkswagen site, the day when Volkswagen's works council holds a regular meeting with workers in Germany to discuss matters including progress on its cost-cutting drive, in Baunatal, Germany, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Timm Reichert/File Photo
AnalysisAutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)ManufacturingNewsTrade

China, price cuts and costs: The fuel driving Volkswagen’s crisis

Volkswagen warns of accelerating competition from China, cutting its cost-cutting timeline and considering plant closures.

FILE PHOTO: Nippon Steel logo is displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan April 1, 2024.  REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
AnalysisBusinessEconomyIndustryPoliticsTrade

Analysis: Nippon Steel’s US setback a wake-up for Japan Inc’s foreign forays

Japanese firms grow cautious on U.S. deals as Biden may block Nippon Steel’s $15B U.S. Steel bid over security concerns.

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