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Paul K. AndersonCut climate pollution 40% by 2030? CA: “Yes, we will!”by Seth Zuckerman on
Lummi bring totem pole to Sioux pipeline protest, sea-level rise may claim 1.9 million US homes by 2100, EV is to internal combustion as cell is to landline, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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Brahm ColerSolar marks new low price, US gets first offshore windby Seth Zuckerman on
US finalizes fuel economy standards for big trucks, Louisiana floods made more likely by global warming, Washington rolls out smart grid pilot projects, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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Solar power rates rattled, China’s coal use has peakedby Seth Zuckerman on
New York passes 50% RPS and billion-dollar nuclear subsidy, Ford to test self-driving vehicles on MIT campus, Sierra Club to retire 53-million-ton coal deposit, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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Hawaii nixes power merger, rejecting BC’s LNG exportsby Seth Zuckerman on
World nears pact to phase out climate- destabilizing refrigerants, US offers $4.5 billion in loan guarantees for EV charging, 18 GW of pumped hydro storage in pipeline, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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Montana coal plant Colstrip will close two units by 2022by Seth Zuckerman on
Canada to enact national carbon price this year, Pacific island nations draft treaty to end fossil fuel extraction, Nevadans will vote whether to restore net metering, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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CA meets solar goal early, India signs for 1 GW of PVsby Seth Zuckerman on
100-MW battery outcompetes a natural-gas peaker plant in LA, Germany replaces feed-in tariffs with clean power auction, Chinese automaker unveils solar car, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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North American grid to be 50% carbon-free by 2025by Seth Zuckerman on
Solar prices fall 8 percent in first half of 2016, Oakland rejects coal export proposal, California plans for a future without baseload power plants, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
- Brexit rattles climate plans, CA to close its last reactors
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Union Pacific track maintenance blamed for oil-train derailment, VW will pay nearly $15 billion to settle US claims in emissions deceit scandal, rooftop solar spreads in Africa, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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Solar costs falling, oil prices climbing, mercury soaringby Seth Zuckerman on
VW announces major move into EVs, Sweden to keep nuclear plants open ’til 2040s, first mammalian species succumbs to global warming, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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Cheap renewables will stem gas boom, says new reportby Seth Zuckerman on
US and India agree to quicker phase-out of HFCs, SF Bay Area voters pass adaptation tax, ConEd to deploy ‘virtual power plant’ of batteries and solar panels in Brooklyn, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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