Trudeau OKs one pipeline, Army Corps delays another
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Marrakech talks end, rest of world vows to press ahead
Sheriff’s officers water-cannon activists at Standing Rock, 365 businesses appeal to Trump on climate, an octopus in the parking garage as a harbinger of sea level rise, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Trump’s election reshapes landscape of climate action
Marrakech delegates reckon with a Trump presidency, Monterey County bans fracking, children’s public-trust climate lawsuit moves forward, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Talks begin in Marrakech to implement the Paris accord
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Clean power outpaces coal, Exxon writes down reserves
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China halts construction on 30 new coal power plants
Florida solar advocates battle misleading ballot measure, climate change to harm subsistence farmers worldwide, new wind turbines have built-in pumped hydro storage, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Pact reached to phase out global-warming refrigerants
Climate gets a cameo in the presidential race, Oregon utility to try burning biomass in Boardman coal plant, federal loan guarantees boosted utility-scale PV, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Germany: ban new gas & diesel autos in EU by 2030
Climate pollution from international flights to be capped, two oil terminals halted in WA and CA, home air-conditioner makes ice while the sun shines on your rooftop PVs, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Judges hear power plan, clean energy costs falling
Study reviews link between dams and methane; OPEC agrees—in principle—to reduce oil production; owls inspire design of quieter wind rotors; and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Paris pact nears ratification, summer breaks heat record
New carbon math says climate goals can’t be met if humanity burns all the oil, gas, and coal in existing wells and mines, let alone develops new ones—and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Clean energy grows, makes fossil power less profitable
Worldwide electric car sales up 49 percent in first half of 2016, designers develop wearable solar cells, Canada to set a minimum national carbon price, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
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