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Check the results of our Energy News Hunt with The Long Now Foundation. From June 7 to 20, we reviewed over 250 news stories about the future of energy — with a focus on low carbon solutions that can scale quickly power the whole planet. Read more on our blog.
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The Future of Energy: A Realist's Roadmap to 2050
A consensus is emerging among the international community that by 2050 we need ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
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Local Power: Tapping Distributed Energy in 21st-Century ...
Residents of Hammarby Sjöstad, a district on the ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
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A bipartisan path forward on energy and climate
(Blog Post) Efficiency should be at the heart of any bipartisan effort: it saves consumers ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
NEWS - Mainstream Media
In a Plus for Electrics, Tesla Repays a Big Federal ...
DealBook: In a Plus for Electrics, Tesla Repays a ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
NEWS - Independent Media
The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable Corporate Hunger for ...
In this dream world of global capitalism, young people are going from zero ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
OPINION - Most Recent
When America Stops Importing Energy
Op-Ed Contributor: When America Stops Importing EnergyPosted by Pamela Hogle
The Future of Energy: Recommended Stories
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In a Plus for Electrics, Tesla Repays a Big Federal Loan Early - NY Times: Business
DealBook: In a Plus for Electrics, Tesla Repays a Big Federal Loan EarlyPosted by Pamela Hogle -
Solar plane sets off again across US
The Solar Impulse plane, which holds records including the longest manned zero-fuel flight, sets of for the second ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Tax and energy to dominate EU summit
EU leaders will seek to curb tax evasion, which costs EU states 1tn euros a year, and bring down energy prices to ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
World's tallest dam approved by Chinese environmental officials
Authorities push forward plans for 314 metre-high dam on Dadu river which would affect rare plants and fish Chinese ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Horses as Farm Equipment
Horses as Farm EquipmentPosted by Pamela Hogle -
Oil firm raids raise fuel price fear
MPs and motoring groups call on UK regulators to investigate claims that oil giants may have been linked to ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Four colossal Sun flares in 48 hours
The Sun has unleashed the most powerful eruption - a solar flare - of 2013 so far.Posted by Pamela Hogle -
China joins Arctic 'coldrush club'
Several countries gain permanent observer status on the Arctic Council but there is dissent over the EU.Posted by Pamela Hogle
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The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable Corporate Hunger for Profits Has Devastated American Life -- and the World Along with It
In this dream world of global capitalism, young people are going from zero income on the farm to a few dollars a ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Obama’s Numbers (Quarterly Update)
Reviewing some key statistical measures of Barack Obama's presidency so far, we find: The economy has added more ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Cloud's Real Ecological Timebomb: Wireless, Not Data Centers
Although environmentalists have criticized cloud service providers for a lack of transparency concerning their data ...Posted by Ellie Kesselman -
New culprit in sea-level rise: Pretty Arctic clouds
Common clouds over the Arctic are being blamed for the much faster-than-expected rate at which Greenland's ice ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
Germany Doesn't Get Much Sun. How Did It Become a Leader in Solar Energy?
This story first appeared in Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It's been a ...Posted by Pamela Hogle
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When America Stops Importing Energy
Op-Ed Contributor: When America Stops Importing EnergyPosted by Pamela Hogle -
Going Green? Then Go Nuclear
We're environmentalists, but pretending that solar power is ready for prime time is delusional.Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Energy Exports Are Good!
Op-Ed Columnist: Energy Exports Are Good!Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Annise Parker: The Modern American Boomtown
Houston's mayor—an openly gay Democrat friendly to business—talks about why her city is the country's fastest ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Best of the Web Today: 'Stop Being a Baby'
Infanticide and the infantilization of women.Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Has Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif changed his stripes?
What kind of prime minister was Nawaz Sharif, who twice held Pakistan’s premiership in the 1990s, defied ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Japan’s Shift From Nuclear Energy
Op-Ed Contributor: Japan’s Shift From Nuclear EnergyPosted by Pamela Hogle -
The Dirt on Oil Sands
Posted by Jack Powers
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Dick Cheney, Benghazi, and White House Lies
Dick Cheney has never been short on chutzpah. Jumping aboard the GOP scandal-mongering machine, the former vice ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
In Gasland sequel, fracking saga’s pressure ratchets up
Gasland Part II shows how much higher the stakes have grown in the battle over fracking since Josh Fox made its ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
Keystone XL Would Increase Gas Prices, Reduce National Energy Security, New Public Citizen Report Finds
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WATCH: Tar Sands Timmy Needs a Pipeline [Fiore Cartoon]
(Animation) Mark Fiore is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and animator whose work has appeared in the Washington ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
The Coming Crash: Our Addiction to Endless Growth on a Finite Planet [With Photo Slideshow]
(Multimedia) If you want to understand how much energy costs, don't look at your electric bill; instead get a copy of the new ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer
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