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Tuesday

Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton and Dr Zhengrong Shi posing on the rooftop of the Sydney Theatre Company in 2010 Brendan Thorne/Getty Images AsiaPac hide caption

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Monday

A new version of the popular board game Catan, which hits shelves this summer, introduces energy production and pollution into the gameplay. Catan GmbH hide caption

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How do you build without over polluting? That's the challenge of new Catan board game

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Friday

Reporter Darian Woods and wind turbine technician Konnor Therriault at the base of a Vestas wind turbine in Bingham, Maine. (Photo by Matthew Copeman) Matthew Copeman/Matthew Copeman hide caption

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Monday

Damon Tillman says coal will not surge back in Keyser to the way it once was. Haiyun Jiang for NPR hide caption

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This is what happens when a wind farm comes to a coal town

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Tuesday

GRAND ISLE, LA - AUGUST 24: Brown pelicans, the state bird of Louisiana, fly overhead as a fishing trawler moves through the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana on August 24, 2019. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Nicholas Hartnett, owner of Pure Power Solar, carries a panel as he and Brian Hoeppner (right) install a solar array on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., on July 17. Tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act will reduce the cost of installing rooftop solar panels by 30%, which will in turn lower monthly electricity bills. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption

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A year in, landmark U.S. climate policy drives energy transition but hurdles remain

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Tuesday

The iron ore mine in Kiruna, north of the Arctic Circle, is one of the world's largest iron ore mines. Jackie Northam/NPR hide caption

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It's a journey to the center of the rare earths discovered in Sweden

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Sunday

Across the U.S., some opposition to larger solar projects comes from people who deny climate science. But some people opposing solar projects believe in climate change and are opposing solar on environmental and conservation grounds. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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In some fights over solar, it's environmentalist vs. environmentalist

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Tuesday

Corn is planted with a view of wind turbines on April 2, in Lake Benton, Minn. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country. Jessie Wardarski/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

Piles of coal are seen transported on barges in Samarinda, East Kalimantan in January 11, 2022. Aksara M. Rahman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

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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What role does nuclear power play in the U.S. effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions?

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Monday

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

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'Sunny Makes Money': India installs a record volume of solar power in 2022

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Friday

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More money, more carbon?

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Thursday

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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