An aerial view of the Salem Nuclear Power Plant and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station situated on the Delaware River in Lower Alloways Township, New Jersey. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A worker walks past lines of solar panels at the Roha Dyechem solar project in the western northwest Indian state of Rajasthan. Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
'Sunny Makes Money': India installs a record volume of solar power in 2022
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An array of photovoltaic panels are pictured at a solar power park in Kozani, Greece on April 6, 2022. Greece's power transmission operator says it recently hit a new benchmark, using exclusively renewable energy for a brief time. Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption
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Solar and wind power projects have been booming in California, like the Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi Mountains, but that doesn't mean fossil fuels are fading away quickly. Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag hide caption
California just ran on 100% renewable energy, but fossil fuels aren't fading away yet
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The Xinyuan Coal Mine operated by Yangquan Coal Industry Group Co. in Jinzhong, Shanxi province, in October. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
China Wants To Go Carbon-Neutral — And Won't Stop Burning Coal To Get There
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The Biden administration is opening the West Coast to offshore wind. Companies have largely focused on the East Coast, such as this wind farm off Block Island, R.I. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Workers next to solar panels in an integrated power station in Yancheng, China, in October. An unprecedented amount of renewable power came online in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. China alone added more than 92 gigawatts of capacity, more than triple the amount it added in the fourth quarter of 2019. Hector Retamal / AFP hide caption
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Take on climate change at home and cut carbon emissions. Here's how
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A lower-carbon natural gas flame burns on a stovetop at a NW Natural testing facility. Cassandra Profita/Oregon Public Broadcasting hide caption
Natural Gas Companies Have Their Own Plans To Go Low-Carbon
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Snow covers the ground in Waco, Texas, on Feb. 17. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed renewable energy sources for the blackouts that have hit the state. In fact, they were caused by a systemwide failure across all energy sources. Matthew Busch/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
No, The Blackouts In Texas Weren't Caused By Renewables. Here's What Really Happened
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Left: Luminalt employee Pam Quan installs solar panels on the roof of a home in San Francisco in 2018. Right: An oilfield worker fills his truck with water before heading to a drilling site in the Permian Basin oil field in Andrews, Texas, in 2016. Justin Sullivan and Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Oil Jobs Are Big Risk, Big Pay. Green Energy Offers Stability And Passion
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Julie Bishop raises the Katahdin breed of sheep, which have hair rather than wool. Dan Charles/NPR hide caption
How To Have Your Solar Farm And Keep Your Regular Farm, Too
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The Monastery of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Washington, D.C. is the new host of a 151 kW community solar garden. The panels will provide roughly 50 nearby households with green energy. Mhari Shaw/NPR hide caption
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After decades of dependency on coal for jobs, the Navajo Nation is turning to renewables. Two utility-scale solar farms have been built in recent years and another one is in the works. Laurel Morales/KJZZ hide caption