Energy & Science
India Is Showing Developing Countries How to Quickly Transition to Solar
Secrecy in the Battery Industry Is Becoming a Headache for Everyone
![A lithium-ion battery inside the Porsche AG factory in Stuttgart. Factoral Energy says it has made a solid-state battery, seen as a potential successor to the lithium-ion cell.](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210424042258im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBSjjIa_glsM/v1/840x600.jpg)
Factorial Energy claims to have built a semi solid-state battery, entering a field that’s quickly getting crowded
![A lithium-ion battery inside the Porsche AG factory in Stuttgart. Factoral Energy says it has made a solid-state battery, seen as a potential successor to the lithium-ion cell.](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210424042258im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBSjjIa_glsM/v1/840x600.jpg)
Covid-19 precautions made evacuations and relief efforts more difficult, even as greenhouse gas pollution continued its rise.
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From satellites to drones to cameras, here’s the gear helping scientists, activists, and regulators crack down on harmful methane leaks around the world.
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Want a reason to invest in coastal restoration? Try $1.8 billion in savings each year.
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The new tool, Timelapse, adds 24 million satellite images taken over 37 years.
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The rapid decline in battery costs has opened the technology to new, growing markets
![Inside The Battery Industrialization Centre As U.K. Aims to Create Two Million Green Jobs](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210424042258im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i0f6mkXquPHc/v1/197x131.jpg)
A new kind of turbine burns the fossil fuel in oxygen and buries the resulting emissions deep underground
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BP sold its Alaskan oil business as a big step towards a greener future. But the CO2 emissions under the new owner just didn’t disappear. Production rose, emissions increased and in many cases it became harder to track.
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From Siberian wildfires to flooding in the Far East, the full economic damage caused by more frequent natural disasters is yet unknown
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New research shows just a 2.5°C overshoot of climate goals could result in significantly higher sea level rise
![Global Warming Imapcts On Australian Antarctic Territory](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210424042258im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijMPFD.uYqJw/v1/197x131.jpg)
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A butterfly highway, a greener India, and more stories to brighten your day.
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Global Thermostat is America's best hope to pull CO2 directly from the air. Insiders say pioneering, brilliant co-founder Graciela Chichilnisky has held it back for years.
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A third of endemic species on land and half in the sea will become extinct if greenhouse gas emissions are not reined in
![Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi), or white sifaka](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210424042258im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqaD0x3uppbM/v1/197x131.jpg)
Each new generation of semiconductors requires more energy, water and greenhouse gases to create.
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This year’s BloombergNEF Pioneer award-winners are venturing beyond solar panels.
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Breakthrough Energy is working with nonprofit CDP to boost the market for clean tech, even before it’s ready
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Suleiman Babamanu is helping the Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria implement the country’s largest investment in solar energy.
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Satellites show large, frequent emissions over Dhaka—the latest discovery as scientists hunt for sources of the potent greenhouse gas
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As climate change threatens the U.S. grid, Lynn Jurich is expanding her reach by appealing to homeowners’ desire for security.
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The world’s largest oil company has boosted reporting, but still doesn’t account for all its assets
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Don’t worry, we’ve got your back.
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Manufacturers of miniature equipment see opportunities in the telecommunications sector to remote mines
![Diffuse Energy's Tiny Turbines](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210424042258im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iywNSf6bgZEc/v0/197x131.jpg)
The state is set to become a global test case in using batteries to back up wind and solar power
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With a climate and topography ill-suited for large-scale wind power generation on land, the country looks out to sea for its clean energy ambitions
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Travel emissions would fall significantly even if only a small percentage of citizens chose two wheels over four.
![U.K. Government Boosts Investment in Urban Cycling and Transport Infrastructure](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210424042258im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAXHl4tgFiW0/v1/197x131.jpg)
The ability to bank lots of power for when it’s needed most holds the key to making decarbonization cheaper.
![Inside An LS Power Group Battery Energy Storage Project](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210424042258im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixwMmQjDqYOk/v0/197x131.jpg)
A series of state proposals would make it harder to shut down coal-fired power plants even as clean energy becomes cheaper.
![USA - Energy - Colstrip Coal-Fired Power Plant](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210424042258im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i5gRlkkxzSOI/v3/197x131.jpg)
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