Energy and Climate Change

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Anchorage, Alaska, Utilities Go High-Tech With Smart Meters

The meters will cut costs, make responses to outages faster, and allow customers to monitor their own power use.

Las Vegas now the largest US city running entirely on renewable energy

The launch of a giant solar array called Boulder Solar I gave the city its final shove toward its decade-long goal of 100 percent clean energy generation.

Solar Is Becoming the Cheapest Way to Produce Power

Developing countries in particular are able to sell solar power for half the cost or generating electricity from coal.

Factory Farms Get Bigger, Pollution Grows, but Regulators Don’t Even Know Where They Are

Thousands of industrial farms across the country release contaminants into the nation’s water and airways, but in many states like North Carolina, the public has limited access to information about them.

Bill Gates, Jack Ma and other tech elite commit $1 billion to clean energy fund

On the same day that President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his doubts about climate change, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates countered with an announcement of a $1 billion fund dedicated clean energy innovation.

Extreme rain storms in the US could increase by 400% due to climate change

The increase in rain could mainly affect the Atlantic and Gulf coast areas, but even the central part of America, which could get drier under warmer temperatures, might see extreme rainfall.

Al Gore’s new climate change movie arrives just in time

The Sundance Film Festival will open in January with a new climate change movie from Al Gore — and the timing, unfortunately, could not be better.

Trump says ‘nobody really knows’ if climate change is real

Trump said he’s "very open-minded" on whether climate change is underway but has serious concerns about how President Obama’s efforts to cut carbon emissions have undercut America’s global competitiveness.

Trump says ‘nobody really knows’ if climate change is real

Trump said he’s "very open-minded" on whether climate change is underway but has serious concerns about how President Obama’s efforts to cut carbon emissions have undercut America’s global competitiveness.

Advocates’ fears realized as Wisconsin directs energy dollars to internet access

Clean energy advocates are upset that state regulators want to use funds from the Focus on Energy program — meant for energy efficiency and renewables — to address the broadband crisis.