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News Articles: Energy

A solar panel array near the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in downtown Savannah.

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  • Energy

Savannah to add new solar panels on 14 city buildings, projected to save $1.4 million over 25 years

The deal adds to an existing contract with Atlanta-based Cherry Street Energy.

July 12, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Pump jacks extract oil from beneath the ground in North Dakota on May 19, 2021. The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil on Thursday for alleged air quality violations at the company's oil and gas operations in the Forth Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

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  • Environment

Marathon Oil reaches a $241 million settlement with EPA for environmental violations

The federal government announced a settlement with Marathon Oil for alleged air quality violations at the company's oil and gas operations on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

July 11, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A flare burns at Venture Global LNG in Cameron, La., April 21, 2022. What would be the nation's largest export terminal for liquified natural gas won approval from a federal commission on June 27, 2024, although when the southwest Louisiana project will be completed remains unclear.

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  • Law

A judge sides with states over Biden and allows gas export projects to move forward

U.S. District Judge James Cain, Jr. sided with the states, granting a preliminary injunction that puts the Biden administration’s delay consideration of projects aimed at LNG exports on hold.

July 02, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Bill Gates at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., February 5, 2025.

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  • Energy

Bill Gates is going nuclear: How his latest project could power U.S. homes and AI

The billionaire philanthropist tells Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep his new TerraPower nuclear plant is safer than traditional builds. He’s putting his own money behind the project.

June 16, 2024
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By:
  • Obed Manuel and
  • Steve Inskeep
Plant Wansley. Photo Courtesy Georgia Power

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  • News

Report: Rural America produces greenhouse gasses on behalf of urban and suburban areas

A new report shows that at least 36% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States come from rural America, but they’re mostly used to produce energy and food for urban and suburban America. 

June 03, 2024
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By:
  • Claire Carlson
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp pose for selfie at Plant Vogtle before Kemp’s remarks at an official ceremony marking the completion of Units 3 and 4.

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  • Energy

After years and billions of dollars in delays, a party for new nuclear at Georgia's Plant Vogtle

The long-anticipated completion of the new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle's Unit 4 actually occurred a few weeks ago. The public fanfare waited.

May 30, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
A giant truck hauls coal at a mine in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming

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  • Energy

Biden ending new leases in America's top coal region

Citing climate change, federal land managers are moving to end new leasing for coal in the country's top producing region.

May 16, 2024
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Jackye Lafon, who's in her 80s, cools herself with a water spray at her home in Toulouse, France during a heat wave in 2022. Older people face higher heat risk than those who are younger. Climate change is making heat risk even greater.

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  • Climate

More than 200 million seniors face extreme heat risks in coming decades, study finds

A new study warns that millions of people around the world who are 69 years or older will be at risk of dying in heat waves by 2050.

May 14, 2024
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
Tina Riley moved to Idaho recently in search of a new career working in the clean energy transition.

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  • Climate

Oil industry could help the Biden administration tap 'invisible' green energy

The White House wants a twenty-fold increase in geothermal energy production to fight climate change and it's counting on the oil and gas industry for help.

May 08, 2024
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  • Kirk Siegler
Ithaca residents called for officials to take action on climate change at a rally on Earth Day 2024.

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  • Climate

After adopting its own Green New Deal, a college town sets a new target

Ithaca, N.Y., will require that 50% of the money spent on its energy transition and on major infrastructure projects is directed toward those residents most at risk from climate change.

May 04, 2024
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  • Rebecca Redelmeier
Pioneer Natural Resources' office is shown on Jan. 13, 2021, in Midland, Texas. Exxon Mobil's $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer has received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission, but the former CEO of Pioneer was barred from joining the new company's board of directors.

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  • Business

FTC bars former Pioneer CEO in Exxon Mobil deal, saying he colluded with OPEC

Exxon Mobil's $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer Natural Resources received federal clearance, but former Pioneer CEO Scott Sheffield was barred from joining the new company's board of directors.

May 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
An aerial view of Colombia's Regadera Reservoir in Usme, near Bogotá, April 16. Colombia's capital of Bogotá imposed water rations due to a severe drought aggravated by the El Niño.

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  • Latin America

El Niño weather is leading to droughts and power cuts in South America

A drought has upended life in several South American cities, leading to water rationing and power cuts as well as forest fires.

May 01, 2024
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By:
  • Manuel Rueda
Volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Peru.

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  • Climate

With a deadline looming, countries race for a global agreement to cut plastic waste

A United Nations official said negotiators have a "clear path to landing an ambitious deal" on plastic pollution. But environmentalists say the plastic industry is undermining an effective agreement.

April 30, 2024
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By:
  • Michael Copley
A new version of the popular board game Catan, which hits shelves this summer, introduces energy production and pollution into the gameplay.

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  • Science

How the new Catan board game can spark conversations on climate change

Today, we're going full nerd to talk about a new board game — Catan: New Energies. The game's goal is simple: Build and develop a modern-day island without catastrophically polluting it. Although the concept mirrors the effects of climate change, those words don't actually appear in the game. NPR correspondent Nate Rott talks to Emily about the thinking behind the new game and how the developers hope it can start conversations around energy use and pollution.

Have questions or comments for us to consider for a future episode? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we'd love to hear from you!

April 29, 2024
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By:
  • Nathan Rott,
  • Emily Kwong,
  • and 2 more
Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 2021. The National Park Service plans to install gas-fired boilers at Independence National Historical Park, despite a 2007 law mandating new and remodeled federal buildings be 100% free of fossil fuels by 2030.

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  • Climate

Fossil fuels are banned from federal buildings in a new rule

The Energy Department finalized rules that will ban fossil fuels in new and remodeled federal buildings by 2030.

April 26, 2024
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  • Jeff Brady
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