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The UK’s Biomass Problem
I’m freshly off a two-week stint in the United Kingdom, a visit that came just as the climate scientists convened by the United Nations released their no-holds-barred report showing what…
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An Energy Report from the 2018 Midterms
Americans in at least seven states voted on energy-related ballot initiatives during the 2018 midterm elections. These measures targeted everything from raising targets for the share of electricity drawn from…
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Heating Is the Next Clean Energy Frontier
Clean space and water heating technologies such as heat pumps and solar thermal have the potential to save Californians more than $1,500 upon installation and hundreds of dollars on annual…
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Federal Agencies Begin Efficiency Policy Rollbacks
More than 600 days into the Trump administration, amid constant reports of regulatory rollbacks, there’s been surprisingly little damage to energy efficiency… yet. But now the administrative winds are starting…
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Let’s Mine Our Landfills
This post originally appeared at Ensia. The car tires were abundant and easy to spot. As were newspapers, made from trees with tough cell walls. Then there were tons of…
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A New Net-Zero Certification Program
Much as NASA developed dozens of life-changing and useful inventions that benefited all as it raced to the moon, the U.S. Green Building Council may be the catalyst for new,…
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Buying into Climate Change
One of the great challenges of tackling climate change is making it real for people without a scientific background. That’s because the threat it poses can be so hard to…
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Saving Sustainably: Wall Sheathing
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of blogs detailing the construction of a net-zero energy house in Point Roberts, Washington, by an owner-builder with relatively little building experience.…
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Manufactured Homes Could Save Big. Why Haven’t They?
There may be some major changes afoot for the energy efficiency standards covering manufactured homes, which house 20 million Americans, but it’s unclear whether they will actually save residents energy…
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Why Doesn’t the U.S. Bury Its Power Lines?
It is nearing the end of a highly destructive hurricane season in the United States. The devastation of Hurricane Florence in North and South Carolina caused more than 1.4 million…
