Businesses also face higher costs this winter.
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UK businesses are also suffering from the rising cost of living and doing business.
More wind turbines can increase renewable energy, but transmission lines are crucial, too.
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To put the $370 billion in subsidies to work, the US needs to build new infrastructure and manage a lot of regulatory hurdles.
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A new theory linking metabolism and size shows how evolution, not physics, is the driving force behind many of life’s patterns.
BP, Shell and Equinor all produce widely used scenarios of energy’s future.
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Most claiming to be compatible with the climate agreement show a strong continuing reliance on natural gas and coal.
The African Energy Commission says expanded access to new, people-centred renewable energy systems will “lift hundreds of millions of people” out of poverty.
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Are studies right that expanded access to off-grid solar products has driven economic development in Africa?
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The important change sends a direct signal for more investment in renewable energy, and comes not a moment too soon.
Technology operating today can capture carbon dioxide from the air, but it’s expensive.
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One estimate suggests at least a sixth of all emissions cuts expected from the Inflation Reduction Act would come from carbon capture.
Today’s EVs rely heavily on China and other countries for materials.
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No electric vehicle maker currently meets all the bill’s supply chain requirements, not even Tesla. One big reason: China.
Slow progress: a freight train negotiating one of the many tight curves between Goulburn and Yass.
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Improving the rail link between Australia’s two biggest cities will have many benefits, not least in meeting our carbon-reduction goals
This direct air capture plant in Iceland was designed to capture 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.
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A climate scientist looks at what works and some popular ideas that aren’t as cheap or effective as people hope.
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The new federal government wants to supercharge state renewable targets. But financial headwinds pose real challenges to the rapid rollout.
Women use energy in different ways to men.
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My research shows how urban design can make it harder for women in some countries to make sustainable choices.
Going to plan? Victoria’s transport infrastructure minister, Jacinta Allan, tours Melbourne’s Parkville Station site in April.
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Infrastructure has been rife with controversy for years. Can a new department secretary make a difference?
The severe heat wave in western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest, between June and July 2021 caused 1,400 deaths.
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North America’s 2021 extreme heat event should compel governments to scale innovations from leading cities and countries to advance resilient, restorative and renewable cities.
It’s running out.
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Even before the war, Moscow was acknowledging the problems in its energy industry.
Clean energy and electric vehicles are key to a successful energy transition.
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The road map for a more sustainable future starts with clean energy and fossil-fuel-free transportation.
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The underlying reason for the price increases is the acceleration in the international price of crude oil, linked to the Russian war in the Ukraine.
President Joe Biden authorized use of the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of several climate-friendly technologies.
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Other presidents used the Defense Production Act to boost fossil fuel supplies. Biden is now using it to boost clean energy. But just ramping up production isn’t enough to succeed.
Whenever we eat, speak or yawn, the movement of our jaw deforms the ear canal. These deformations could be converted into electrical energy used to power in-ear technology.
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We have underestimated the energy potential of our ears: deformations in the ear canal could be used to power in-ear technologies.
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Can one department adequately tackle climate change, energy, the environment and water? It’s unlikely.