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Clean energy is growing, but so is planet-heating pollution

The Verge: Energy

It’s been almost a decade since the adoption of the 2015 Paris climate agreement to stop global warming. Severe drought, particularly in the US and China, led to an “exceptional shortfall” in hydropower in 2023, the IEA found. Power grids usually tap fossil fuel power plants whenever hydropower runs low.

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Icelandic startups tackle energy resilience under extreme conditions

Business Green

The island nation has adopted an incredible goal of being fossil fuel-free by 2040 , which would be a global first. The country is endowed with excellent resources, with geothermal energy pulsating just under its surface and thundering rivers providing hydropower galore. High on the menu of challenges to work out: resilience.

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IEA: CO2 from global power generation set to plateau

Business Green

As such, clean power sources could start to squeeze out global fossil fuel power generation from 2025, although coal and gas are still expected to remain major sources of global electricity generation for the foreseeable future. remains a hugely challenging prospect.

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IEA: Renewables enjoy record global growth in 2020 despite Covid-19 headwinds

Business Green

The global energy body's annual clean power report today reveals almost 90 per cent of all electricity capacity added in 2020 came from renewables, led by wind, hydropower, and solar PV projects. Renewables are resilient to the Covid crisis but not to policy uncertainties," explained Birol.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

University of California, Berkeley Score 81.47 | Berkeley, California After the coronavirus radically shifted students’ second semesters, UC Berkeley put together more than 40 virtual Earth Month events and unveiled a Resilient Sustainability Community Fellowship.

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Sweeping Senate Energy Bill Could Come to a Vote This Week

GreenTechMedia

Senate will consider a bipartisan energy package this week that could be this year’s best legislative hope to increase federal funding for a number of energy technologies, from solar, wind and batteries, to more efficient fossil fuel-fired power and carbon capture. The American Energy Innovation Act, introduced Thursday by Sens.

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Massive Senate Energy Bill Falters

GreenTechMedia

The bill has come under fire from clean energy groups for its lack of targets or mandates for reducing carbon emissions, as well as provisions to direct billions of dollars to fossil fuel research. industry and jobs. Energy storage. Several of the storage provisions were introduced by Sen.