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Why do we burn more coal and wood than ever, asks a provocative book

In More and More and More, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz argues that tackling climate change means rethinking our history of energy consumption – and exposing the green transition as a fiction

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Clean energy rollout means China’s emissions may have peaked

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Solar panels on the North Barren Mountain in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China

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World's largest sailing cargo ship makes first transatlantic voyage

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Can solar panels designed for space boost clean energy on Earth?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (11912051g) Hundreds of Polish students took part in the 'Krakow For Climate Justice' protest asking for climate justice and expressing opposition to the passivity of politicians in the face of the climate disasters. On September 25, 2019, in Krakow, Poland. Climate Justice Protest In Krakow, Poland - 25 Sep 2020

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In the race to ramp up renewables, we can't ignore heat storage

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How incredibly simple tech can supercharge the race to net zero

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Raindrop-powered generator harvests electricity from bad weather

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Giant dome filled with CO2 could store excess power from renewables

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Electricity prices in Europe are going negative - and that's bad

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Virtual power plants could ease growing strain on US electric grid

Energy-saving networks that link smart devices, solar panels and batteries could regulate power demand and help avoid fossil fuel use at peak times

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Renewables supply 30 per cent of global electricity for the first time

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Wind turbines based on condor wings could capture more energy

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Geoscientists are using telecom 'dark fibres' to map Earth’s innards

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Wireless power from space

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Five climate megaprojects that might just save the world

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