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Clean energy
Biden's pitch: tackling climate change will create lots of jobs
Apr 23, 2021
But will it create them where oil and coal jobs have been lost?
Costs are falling for renewable energy stored in batteries
by
Molly Wood
Jan 29, 2019
Battery storage is getting to houses through electrical lines, maybe even yours.
As Trump talks coal revival, China seeks props on the fuel's decline
by
Scott Tong
Feb 28, 2017
We now have three years of data points on where China’s coal and carbon emissions are heading: downward. It may have to do with China’s economy becoming less energy-intensive as it moves away from infrastructure and heavy industry. It may also have something to do with policy. Beijing has shuttered coal plants already in construction. […]
Why Bill Gates thinks alternative energy research has bipartisan support
Dec 13, 2016
Gates also spoke to us about the future of energy innovation and clean tech.
Bill Gates on getting billionaires behind clean energy
Feb 23, 2016
The tech giant says "ruthless" private business thinking is necessary for energy innovation.
Tom Steyer talks climate change and the 2016 election
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Daisy Palacios
Nov 20, 2015
The billionaire energy investor hasn't picked a favorite candidate yet.
America's tallest structure would generate power
by
Jeff Tyler
Mar 29, 2013
A Maryland energy company wants to build the world's third-tallest structure to generate downdraft power in the Arizona desert.
For public good, not for profit.
GE's CTO Mark Little on tech leaps in 2013, and 2012's Christmas Netflix outage
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Molly Wood
Dec 27, 2012
General Electric's chief technology officer Mark Little talks about leaps forward in energy efficiency in the new year, and we breathe a sigh of relief after a brief Netflix outage.
Breaking down Obama's '$90 billion' green investment
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Eve Troeh
Oct 4, 2012
In last night's debate, Mitt Romney said the president gave $90 billion to the green energy world. That $90 billion number? That's right, sort of.
Delay in EPA gas rules may hurt cars
Mar 20, 2012
A reported delay in cleaner fuels could harm the new engines designed to burn it.