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How Did the End of the World Become Old News? (7/26/18) (link)
Ocean Acidification Could Amplify Climate Disruption (7/23/18) (link)
Of New Power Generation, How Much is on the Roof? (7/12/18) (link)
Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week (7/5/18) (link)
America’s coal plants closing despite Trump (6/25/18) (link)
Agroecology and the fight against deadly capitalist agriculture (6/17/18) (link)
Carbon budgets and the 1.5 deg C target (5/14/18) (link)
How to Cut the Cost of Wind Energy in Half — A National Lab Report (8/31/17) (link)
How 139 countries could be powered by 100 percent wind, water, and solar energy by 2050 (8/23/17) (link)
Solar panel capacity to overtake nuclear energy next year in historic landmark (8/22/17) (link)
Stories of Solar (2017) (link)
The New Tesla Powering Entire Island With Solar Energy (12/16/16) (link)
The breakthrough in renewable energy (VPRO documentary) (5/5/16) (link)
Wind and Solar are Crushing Fossil Fuels (4/6/16) (link)
Nearly 40% of US Electricity Could Come From Rooftop Solar (3/30/16) (link; Original NREL Study 1/2016)
Solar Power Industry Growth (2/24/16) (link, produced by Modernize.com)
What is Holding Back the Growth of Solar Power (1/31/16) (link)
Global Wind Power Statistics from Global Wind Power Council (2016) (link)
10 Years of Renewable Energy Progress, 2004-2014 by REN21 (2015) (link)
Exclusive: America’s 10 Cleanest and 10 Dirtiest States (10/26/15) (link, produced by Modernize.com)
Renewables to lead world power market growth to 2020 (10/2/15) (link)
Why the Saudis Are Going Solar (July-August, 2015) (link)
Storage not needed to accommodate higher levels of wind energy (4/28/15) (link)
Green Energy Job Growth Outpaces Losses in Coal Industry (4/22/15) (link)
South Korea Launches PV-Covered Bike Lane For Unused Infrastructure (4/21/15) (link)
Can Other Cities Match Georgetown’s Low-Cost Switch to 100 Percent Wind and Sun (4/15/15) (link)
Texas City Opts for 100% renewable energy–to save cash, not the planet (3/29/15) (link) (related article: link)
France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels (3/19/15) (link)
Solar Roadways: (video, website)
UN: New renewables broke through 100GW barrier in 2014 (3/15/15) (link)
Under the sun: Australia’s largest solar farm set to sprout in a Queensland field (3/1/15) (link)
Africa Needs to Move Forward on Renewable Energy (1/22/15) (link)
Renewable Energy Growth to Outstrip Fossil Fuels (1/16/15) (link)
Solar Energy drives renewable energy investment boom in 2014 (1/9/15) (link)
Why leaving fossil fuels in the ground is good for everyone (1/7/15) (link)
Solar Energy Isn’t Always as Green as You Think (11/13/14) (link)
Only Renewable Energy Can Save Us From the Worst of Climate Change (3/31/14) (link)
Battery advance could boost renewable energy take-up (1/9/14) (link)
Planet likely to warm by 4C by 2100, scientists warn (12/31/13) (link)
Former BP geologist: peak oil is here and it will ‘break economies’ (12/23/13) (link)
13 Major Clean Energy Breakthroughs Of 2013 (12/18/13) (link)
Simple Solar Invention Transforms Ocean Water Into Drinking Water (12/8/13) (link)
Fossil fuel subsidies ‘reckless use of public funds’ (12/6/13) (link)
The #1 Solar Utility is in…Iowa? — Episode 12 of Local Energy Rules (12/5/13) (link)
Grid capacity worries spark UK solar farm boom (10/28/13) (link)
Making And Trucking Of The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Blades (10/14/13) (link)
Inexpensive Spray-On Solar Cells Created By Canadian Scientists (10/6/13) (link)
New York can go 100% renewable now, says new study (4/27/13) (link)
Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, according to U.S. utilities (4/10/13) (link)
IBM’s solar tech is 80% efficient thanks to supercomputer know-how (4/23/13) (link)
Wind and solar power paired with storage could power grid 99.9 percent of the time (12/10/12) (link)
Ghana solar energy plant set to be Africa’s largest (12/5/12) (link)
World Energy Report 2012: The Good, the Bad, and the Really, Truly Ugly by Michael Klare (11/27/12) (link) Our critique (link)
Wind Tops 10 Percent Share of Electricity in Five U.S. States (04/6/12) (link)
Carbon emissions divide ‘can be bridged’ (11/23/11) (link)
Offshore Turbines More Powerful than First Nuclear Plant (10/21/11) (link)
Capitalism vs. the Climate (by N. Klein) (11/10/11) (link)
World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns (11/09/11) (link)
Is Germany’s Green Energy Plan Failing? (10/11/11) (link)
U.S. smart grid to cost billions, save trillions (05/24/11) (link)
Renewable energy can power the world, says landmark IPCC study (05/09/11) (link, press release, study)
Solar Will Power the World in 16 Years (03/17/11) (link)
The world can be powered by alternative energy, using today’s technology, in 20-40 years (01/26/11) (link)
Where Did the Carter White House’s Solar Panels Go? (8/6/10) (link)
Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy?
(Debate between Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson, Feb. 2010)