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News Articles: Energy

Transmission towers in Houston as the storm carrying frigid temperatures approached. The storm tested the reliability of the grid in Texas and across the country, but did not trigger a widespread power crisis.

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  • Energy

Intense cold strained, but didn't break, the U.S. electric grid. That was lucky

An intense cold snap caused rolling blackouts in some regions. But a more profound catastrophe didn't unfold, thanks partly to good fortune.

December 30, 2022
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  • Camila Domonoske
Barges were stranded by low water levels along the Mississippi River in October, driving up shipping prices and threatening crop exports and fertilizer shipments. Scientists at the University of Memphis expect more dramatic swings in water levels on the river due to climate change.

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  • Climate

Republicans plan more attacks on ESG. Investors still plan to focus on climate risk

Investors still view climate change as a serious financial risk. But Republican attacks could have a chilling effect on the kinds of actions they're willing to take to deal with the problem.

December 29, 2022
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during an expanded meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry Board at the National Defense Control Center in Moscow on Wednesday.

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  • World

Russia's economy is still working but sanctions are starting to have an effect

Despite unprecedented sanctions, Russia's economy is still functioning and it's still attacking Ukraine. That's led to questions about whether the sanctions are effective.

December 27, 2022
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  • Jackie Northam
Georgia Tech

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  • News

Georgia Tech receives federal grant for renewable Energyshed project

Researchers from Georgia Tech are using funding from the U.S Department of Energy to reimagine Atlanta’s electric power infrastructure. Part of the project includes educating communities about energy planning.  

December 26, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff
Climate activists from the group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) hold up commuter traffic on a Monday morning in Berlin by supergluing themselves to the road. Police unstick their hands using cooking oil and a pastry brush while irate drivers look on, stuck for more than an hour.

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  • World

Climate activists are fuming as Germany turns to coal to replace Russian gas

Germany is firing up coal plants and importing liquefied natural gas to shore up energy supplies. Activists are carrying out increasingly disruptive protests, gluing themselves to roads and runways.

December 26, 2022
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  • Esme Nicholson

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  • Your Money

These 7 charts show how life got pricier (and, yes, cheaper!) in 2022

Boy, have we talked a lot about inflation. It affected every part of our lives (and the economy) in 2022. Here are some of its highest highs and lowest lows. (It wasn't all bad news!)

December 23, 2022
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  • Stacey Vanek Smith,
  • Alina Selyukh,
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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen on March 17. Japan on Thursday adopted a new policy promoting greater use of nuclear energy to ensure a stable power supply amid global fuel shortages and reduce carbon emissions — a major reversal of its phaseout plan since the Fukushima crisis.

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  • Asia

After the Fukushima disaster, Japan swore to phase out nuclear power. But not anymore

Japan adopted a plan to extend the lifespan of nuclear reactors, replace the old and even build new ones, a major shift in a country scarred by the Fukushima disaster.

December 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The state Public Service Commission held firm Tuesday on a 5,000-customer cap on Georgia Power’s rooftop solar program.

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  • News

State energy regulators approve Georgia Power rate hike

The state Public Service Commission approved a $1.8 billion rate increase requested by Georgia Power on Tuesday that embraced most of an agreement between the agency’s staff and the company presented last week.

December 21, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
Mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb., on Aug. 18, 2020. The Postal Service said Tuesday it will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks in its fleet and will go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026.

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  • Environment

The Postal Service pledges to move to an all-electric delivery fleet

USPS says it will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks — and will go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026.

December 20, 2022
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Energy

Facing an energy crisis, Germans stock up on candles

Germans are on a mission to transform their energy economy and reduce their consumption, including by — apparently — using lots of candles.

December 20, 2022
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By:
  • Willa Rubin
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shakes hands with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen smiles at the Cotroceni presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022.

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  • Europe

EU leaders have agreed on a new plan to source power that isn't from Russia

European leaders have finalized an agreement for an undersea electricity connector that could become a new power source for the EU amid a crunch on energy supplies caused by the war in Ukraine.

December 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
American nuclear physicist and father of the atom bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer is pictured in the 1940s.

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  • History

J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance was wrongly revoked, energy secretary says

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, lost his security clearance "through a flawed process that violated the Commission's own regulations," according to the Department of Energy.

December 17, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
The commission that regulates California's utilities decided to cut a key incentive for rooftop solar. That move has climate activists worried.

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  • Climate

California plans to cut incentives for home solar, worrying environmentalists

California regulators voted to reduce financial incentives for people considering rooftop solar. Climate activists worry that this will undercut greater adoption of solar in the state and nationwide.

December 16, 2022
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By:
  • Julia Simon
The multi-billion dollar National Ignition Facility has used 192 laser beams to create net energy from a tiny pellet of nuclear fuel.

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  • Science

U.S. reaches a fusion power milestone. Will it be enough to save the planet?

A giant laser facility in Livermore, Calif., says it has created net energy from nuclear fusion. It's an important breakthrough, but fusion power remains a distant dream.

December 14, 2022
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
View of the Chernobyl nuclear power station after the explosion on April 26, 1986, in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

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  • World

Ukraine still fears another Chernobyl-size disaster at Europe's largest nuclear plant

International atomic experts have warned of a potential nuclear disaster with Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant in the middle of a war zone, bringing back terrifying memories of Chernobyl.

December 11, 2022
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  • Julian Hayda
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