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News Articles: Energy

Toyota unveils a new Prius in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2022. A quarter century after Toyota introduced the Toyota Prius, hybrids remain popular with shoppers.

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  • Business

Hybrid cars are still incredibly popular, but are they good for the environment?

Shoppers are far more interested in hybrids than all-electric vehicles, but environmentalists believe cars like the Prius are an unnecessary detour on the path to electrification.

February 24, 2023
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Solar restrictions are gaining traction as the stakes for addressing climate change keep getting higher. Construction of more renewable energy is a key part of the country's plans to cut heat-trapping pollution and avoid the worst damage from extreme weather in the decades ahead.

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  • Climate

An activist group is spreading misinformation to stop solar projects in rural America

An NPR/Floodlight investigation found that a longtime Republican insider is stoking solar opposition by spreading bad information about health and environmental risks. Her influence is growing.

February 18, 2023
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By:
  • Miranda Green and
  • Michael Copley
Radhika (15), Anjali (16), Suman (21), and Suhani (15) in July 2022 perform a dance routine near the village of Sahana Pahari, Jharia.

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  • Children's Health

A dance of hope by children who scavenge coal

Kids in India illegally collect bits of coal to sell so they can help their families. To give them a chance for a brighter future, an local educator gives them lessons in academics and the arts.

February 18, 2023
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By:
  • Elle Kurancid and
  • Walaa Alshaer
A ballet dancer warms up before an open rehearsal at the Audi automobile factory in Gyor, Hungary, on Thursday. The Ballet Company of Gyor is rehearsing at the factory after being forced to shutter its rehearsal hall in response to soaring energy prices.

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  • Europe

An energy crunch forces a Hungarian ballet company to move to a car factory

The Ballet Company of Gyor began rehearsing at a local Audi factory last month after being forced to shutter its rehearsal hall in response to soaring energy prices.

February 18, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
(AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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  • Energy

Georgia nuclear plant again delayed at cost of $200M more

Georgia Power Co. has again delayed the projected startup for two new units at its Vogtle nuclear power plant near Augusta, saying its share of the costs will rise by an additional $200 million.

February 17, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg waits in Erkelenz, Germany, to take part in a demonstration at a nearby a coal mine on Jan. 14.

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  • Book Reviews

Greta Thunberg's 'The Climate Book' urges world to keep climate justice out front

Activist Greta Thunberg was just 15 when she called on the world to take action on the climate crisis. Just as impressively, she has now pulled together essays by 100 scholars on what's needed now.

February 09, 2023
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By:
  • Barbara J. King
Black smoke rises after shelling in Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, on Feb. 3, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: EU just banned Russian diesel and other oil products (Feb. 6)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

February 06, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
World leaders recently announced a $20 billion climate deal to help get Indonesia off coal power. But there are doubts about the deal because — for one thing — the country is planning to build new coal plants, including here in Kalimantan.

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  • Climate

Despite billions to get off coal, why is Indonesia still building new coal plants?

World leaders recently announced a $20 billion deal to help get Indonesia off coal power. But there are doubts about the deal, because — for one thing — the country is building brand new coal plants.

February 06, 2023
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  • Julia Simon
First graders from The Friends School of Atlanta share their hopes for the world.

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  • Global Health

We asked for wishes, you answered: Send leaders into space, free electricity, dignity

Send leaders into space for perspective, tap solar power to offer electricity for all, make "dignity" a priority — those are some of the wishes readers have for 2023.

February 05, 2023
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  • Carmen Drahl,
  • Gisele Grayson,
  • and 1 more
Tires of a truck are pictured at a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 27. A European ban on imports of diesel fuel and other products made from crude oil in Russian refineries takes effect Feb. 5. The goal is to stop feeding Russia's war chest, but fuel costs have already jumped since the war started and they could rise again.

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  • World

Europe is set to ban Russian oil products, the latest strike on the Kremlin war chest

Starting Sunday, the EU will prohibit imports of Russian gasoline, diesel and other products from Russian refineries used throughout Europe.

February 04, 2023
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By:
  • Jackie Northam
Gas utilities and cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may may be about to change.

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  • Climate

Gas stove makers have a pollution solution. They're just not using it

Gas utilities and cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may may be about to change.

February 04, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
An aerial view of the Salem Nuclear Power Plant and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station situated on the Delaware River in Lower Alloways Township, New Jersey.

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  • Energy

Energy experts share how the U.S. can reach Biden's renewable energy goals

The Biden administration's goal of carbon-free electricity generation by 2035 will require an overhaul of the U.S. energy sector. Experts across the industry shared their views of how it might work.

February 03, 2023
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  • H.J. Mai
An iced over pedestrian walkway is lined by trees that are covered with ice from a few days of sleet and rain, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Dallas.

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  • Energy

Texas ice storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power

Over 260,000 customers in the state were without power on Thursday evening. And one major utility service in the state said it did not know when it would be able to restore power.

February 03, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Activists from Greenpeace set up a mock-petrol station price board displaying the Shell's net profit for 2022.

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  • World

Shell reports record profits as energy prices soar after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Energy companies have been reporting blockbuster profits since last year, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent oil prices sharply higher.

February 02, 2023
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2022. ExxonMobil posted record earnings in 2022, benefitting from a surge in oil prices.

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  • Business

Exxon announced record earnings. It's bound to renew scrutiny of Big Oil

Exxon earned nearly $56 billion in profit last year, the biggest annual profit any Western oil company has ever seen. Chevron set its own record with $35 billion in profit.

January 31, 2023
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  • Camila Domonoske
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