Oil’s not well
Adam Hanieh is a Professor of Political Economy. His latest book, Crude Capitalism, aims to help us understand the nature of the fossil fuel economy, which he considers essential for …
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In Florida, officials and communities clash over where to build the nation’s largest trash incinerator
When leaders of Florida’s most populous county met in September to pick a site for what could become the nation’s largest trash incinerator, so many people went to the government …
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Brazil charges Volkswagen unit with treating farm workers like slaves decades ago
If you trace the path of one electrical transmission line up the coast of Maine, through and around the state’s rocky outcroppings and over a long causeway, you’ll finally reach …
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This isolated town in Maine could be a model for the clean energy future
If you trace the path of one electrical transmission line up the coast of Maine, through and around the state’s rocky outcroppings and over a long causeway, you’ll finally reach …
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Most of Europe is fine without Russian gas
The contract for Russian gas is toxic. The gas is replaceable. Let’s move on. That’s the logic many European officials have adopted as a multibillion dollar deal keeping Russian gas …
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Hurricane Helene brought devastation — and an opportunity — to Appalachia’s power grids
By the time that Hurricane Helene made its way hundreds of miles inland on September 27, it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. But Helene remained unusually expansive and …
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Time for a switch
Ellie Standen explains how levies break, dividends divide and it’s time to take back the power industry into the public sector. Keir Starmer’s Labour Government has promised great things in …
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As Pennsylvania chooses the next president, its unions are choosing clean energy
The U.S. presidential campaigns both have their eyes on the critical swing state of Pennsylvania — and Pennsylvania, as ever, has its eyes on energy. The state is the nation’s …
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Analysis: UK’s record-breaking renewable auction ‘will cut consumer bills’
More than 130 wind, solar and tidal energy projects secured funding in the latest round of the “contracts for difference” (CfD) scheme, amounting to 9.6 gigawatts (GW) of capacity. This …
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One way a plastics treaty could help the Global South: Fund waste management
If all goes according to plan, by the end of the year, some 170 countries will finalize the world’s first legally binding treaty to curtail plastic pollution. Its success will depend …
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