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Battery prices are crashing. That's good news.
by
Jack Stewart
Dec 3, 2019
They've fallen 87% since 2010. That means cheaper electric vehicles.
Who pays for California's wildfires?
Oct 28, 2019
Multiple wildfires continue to burn in California, prompting evacuations, preventive power outages and a scramble for funds to pay to fight the fires.
Exxon Mobil goes on trial for allegedly defrauding investors about climate change risk
by
Scott Tong
Oct 22, 2019
The gas and oil giant used two sets of books, the New York attorney general's office alleges.
A new jet fuel offers the prospect of no-carbon, “guilt-free” flying
Oct 10, 2019
A pilot project in Rotterdam is testing the viability of a fuel made out of air that would cut an aircraft’s emissions to zero.
Massive power shut-off would cost businesses in California
Oct 8, 2019
As the risk of wildfire and natural disasters increase with climate change, power disruptions could become more common.
Climate change impacts are coming to Big Tech's doorstep
by
Marketplace Staff
and Daniel Ackerman
Sep 16, 2019
How prepared are Apple, Google, Facebook and other firms for risks like sea level rise?
As climate change looms, a booming market for carbon offsets
Sep 13, 2019
The carbon offset market is growing fast.
Is it ethical to hide your data from the machines?
by
Molly Wood
Aug 22, 2019
It’s one thing to try to keep personal information from Facebook. But what if a company is going to use it to save people’s lives?
Climate change means planning for further suffocating heat waves
by
Ben Bradford
Jul 18, 2019
In Washington, D.C. "high heat days" are expected to more than double in the next 50 years.
Can batteries help get the U.S. off the natural gas “bridge?”
by
Ben Bradford
Jul 17, 2019
The bridge keeps getting longer, with utilities and energy companies adding hundreds of gas plants around the country.
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