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Powering Past Gas: An energy strategy that works

Climate Council of Australia: As we power past gas, Australia can meet our own energy needs at all times and help our trading...

FILE - Wind turbines are seen from Interstate-84, July 9, 2023, near Hammett, Idaho. The federal Bureau of Land Management’s preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink its size by nearly half and move it farther from a national historic site. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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Bureau of Land Management shrinks proposed size of controversial Idaho wind farm project

A proposed wind farm in Idaho may now be moved further from the Minidoka National Historic Site.

A generic view of Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant, state utility owned by Electricity of Vietnam, in Hoa Binh province, Vietnam, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Francesco Guarascio
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Analysis-Vietnam eyes greener power but banks on coal to avert blackouts

Vietnam's state-run electricity provider is trying to avoid a repetition of last year's blackuts

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Home solar systems in South Africa: more will be installed if households are given loans, free maintenance and security

The Conversation: Without addressing the financial, personal, institutional, technical and societal barriers to home solar power in South Africa, it will remain a...

FILE - Taillights trace the path of a motor vehicle at the Naughton Power Plant, Jan. 13, 2022, in Kemmerer, Wyo. Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site adjacent to the coal plant for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated. (AP Photo/Natalie Behring, File)
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In Wyoming, Bill Gates moves ahead with nuclear project aimed at revolutionizing power generation

Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize”...

Bas Eickhout, lead candidate for the European Greens, reacts to the announcement of the first provisional results for the European Parliament elections, at the European Parliament building, in Brussels, Belgium, June 10, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
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Rightward shift after election could limit future EU climate policies

A more rightward-leaning European Parliament will make it harder to pass ambitious EU climate policies, but the majority of Europe's current world-leading green...

The Swiss government wants to use a new climate bill to boost wind and solar power's current miniscule contribution to Switzerland's energy mix (AFP)
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Swiss vote on renewable energy plan for 2050 carbon neutrality

Swiss voters were expected to approve in a referendum Sunday a law aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy

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COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels

The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan says his country will keep increasing fossil fuel production "in parallel" with...

FILE PHOTO: Fields of heliostat mirrors reflect sunlight at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, the world’s largest solar thermal power station, in the Mojave Desert near Nipton, California U.S., February 27, 2022.  REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
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U.S. trade panel votes to proceed with solar panel tariff probe

The U.S. International Trade Commission voted on Friday to proceed with an investigation into whether solar panels from Southeast Asia are stifling domestic...

Solar panels in the northern town of Boundiali in Ivory Coast stretch across 36 hectares (89 acres) (AFP)
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Ivory Coast bets on solar in clean energy drive

Ivory Coast has pledged to increase its renewable energy to 45%, including 9% solar, and to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30%

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