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Fossil fuels are losing ground to renewable energy in Europe

The Verge: Energy

. | Photo by Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images The European Union saw a record drop in pollution from fossil fuel power plants last year, according to a new report. Renewable energy is finally starting to take over the power grid. An unprecedented collapse in coal and gas electricity generation.”

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

The Verge: Energy

That’s roughly equivalent to the annual pollution from adding more than 1,000 new gas-fired power plants. Global temperatures are on the rise as all of that pollution builds up in our atmosphere and traps heat. Power grids usually tap fossil fuel power plants whenever hydropower runs low.

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The total eclipse shows us how important solar energy is to the US

The Verge: Energy

Millions more live near dirty power plants that could be tapped to make up for a loss of solar power. Grid managers have had to find backup sources of energy to cope with the eclipse. It shows us how far the nation has come in cleaning up its power grid — and what we’re still in dire need of to complete that task.

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Industrial Revolution: Green Energy Solutions for the Modern Industries

Hydrogen Fuel News

This pollutes the air, harming humans and animals alike. Renewable energy sources are often cheaper than traditional fossil fuels, and we can use them to generate jobs and economic growth.    Solar Power:  The process of making electricity from sunlight is called solar energy. Why Go Green?

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How electricity demand growth is now being outpaced by new renewables generation

Business Green

Energy analysts are celebrating findings that show the renewable power sector has proved itself capable of expanding at a rate faster than increasing demand for electricity. The first step to ending the grip of expensive and polluting fossil fuels is to build enough clean power to meet the world's growing appetite for electricity.".

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How India’s Renewable Energy Sector Survived and Thrived in a Turbulent 2020

GreenTechMedia

With power demand expected to triple by 2040 as India’s population continues to achieve upward mobility, fossil fuels are poised to see continued growth even as the clean energy market thrives. And to what extent can they mitigate the increase in fossil fuel use? It will reach 175 gigawatts before 2022.”

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Cascadia is known for strong climate action. So why are emissions still rising?

Grist

We now know that Cascadia’s greenhouse gas pollution went on increasing in 2019, according to state and provincial data assembled and analyzed by InvestigateWest for this report. Activists won a string of local victories, passing municipal and regional laws to ban new and expanded fossil fuel developments.