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Trump vs. Biden on the climate

by Jonathan Thompson May 31, 2024August 8, 2024

The next presidential election will have huge ramifications for the planet.

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Can carbon capture transition California’s oil fields?

by Jake Bittle May 15, 2024August 8, 2024

In Kern County, the community searches for an economic alternative to a fossil fuel industry. Will it be any fairer than the old one?

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Wildlife habitat and tribal cultures threatened by Washington’s largest wind farm

by B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster April 26, 2024August 8, 2024

The newly approved renewable energy project is planned across an eco-corridor and ceremonial sites.

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Tribes turn to the U.N. for help intervening in gigantic Arizona wind project

by Taylar Dawn Stagner April 23, 2024August 8, 2024

The SunZia transmission line will cut through Indigenous lands in the Southwest.

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Labor unions and environmentalists are working together on the energy transition

by Brooke Larsen January 1, 2024March 30, 2024

In 2023, groups found solidarity on the climate, but work lies ahead.

Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024

12 not-so-easy steps to decarbonize the grid

by Jonathan Thompson January 1, 2024February 6, 2024

Electrifying will make a difference if that power comes from clean sources.

A solar panel covered parking lot on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe, Arizona.
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Pondering public lands and the energy transition conundrum

by Jonathan Thompson November 30, 2023February 1, 2024

Fighting the climate crisis will require difficult choices.

Posted inOctober 2, 2023: The Dark Side of the Sheepherding Industry

New legislation is creating a clean-energy project pulse

by Jonathan Thompson October 2, 2023January 24, 2024

Will the manufacturing renaissance finally displace fossil fuels?

Fees for wind energy on public lands, as shown here in the California desert, would be reduced 80% if the rule proposed by the BLM be implemented.
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BLM aims to grow wind and solar development on public lands

by Akielly Hu June 23, 2023January 24, 2024

A proposed rule decreases the fee for renewable power production that experts say currently bolsters fossil fuel extraction.

The TransWest Express could be impactful for California, which has a goal of achieving 100% clean energy by 2045. Power from this solar farm in the California desert could eventually help retire fossil fuel sources.
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BLM approves plans for a massive transmission line across the West

by Gabriela Aoun Angueira April 20, 2023January 24, 2024

The $3 billion TransWest Express would send wind power from Wyoming to California.

Posted inApril 1, 2023: The Path Forward

Why electrify?

by Jonathan Thompson April 1, 2023January 24, 2024

The push to evict natural gas appliances from buildings, explained.

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The divide over Diablo

by Jonathan Thompson September 13, 2022January 25, 2024

Greens battle greens over the fate of California’s last nuke plant.

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The climate bill’s blind spot

by Jonathan Thompson August 18, 2022January 24, 2024

A closer look at the good and the bad of specific provisions in the historic climate bill, the Inflation Reduction Act.

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In Alaska, coal is dwindling as green energy is on the rise

by Victoria Petersen July 13, 2022January 24, 2024

The closure of Healy Unit 2 signals a rise in renewable energy projects around Alaska.

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The shift to green energy, obstructed

by Jonathan Thompson June 9, 2022January 24, 2024

A whole host of factors has thrown the transition away from fossil fuels to more sustainable forms of energy off track.

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What the Ukraine war means for Western lands

by Jonathan Thompson May 12, 2022August 8, 2024

War hawks and climate hawks alike are calling for energy independence.

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Building equity into the renewable energy transition

by Carl Segerstrom January 12, 2022January 24, 2024

Community and labor organizers shape New Mexico’s changing economy.

Posted inDecember 1, 2021: Visions of Wildness

Wind turbines proposed near a Japanese American incarceration camp prompt outrage

by Kylie Mohr December 1, 2021January 24, 2024

The Lava Ridge Wind Farm in Idaho would more than double the state’s wind energy output, but at what cost?

Posted inSeptember 1, 2021: Where Wolves May Tread

Will Klamath salmon outlast the dam removal process?

by B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster August 17, 2021January 24, 2024

Their future comes down to a race between paperwork and a fish disease.

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Can the sun solve New Mexico’s energy conundrum?

by J. Weston Phippen June 18, 2021January 24, 2024

The state is dependent on oil and gas, but Carlsbad has opportunity to become the epicenter of renewable energy.

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