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A vast array of curved mirrors at the Noor Concentrated Solar Power plant near Ouarzazate, Morocco. The massive facility is part of an agressive effort to develop renewable power in Morocco.
Environment
Now blooming in the desert: Morocco’s grand dream of energy independence
China says it will invest another $361 dollars in renewable energy over the next four years and create 13 million new jobs in the sector, building on previous massive investments. The country already has the largest capacity of solar p
Environment
Donald Trump sees the future in coal. China sees the future in renewables. Who’s making the safer bet?
Powder River Basin
Environment
Activists to Obama: Stop leasing public land to take out oil, gas, coal
"Kayaktivists" demonstrate in Seattle's Elliot Bay against the arrival last month of the Shell's massive Polar Pioneer oil rig, rising behind them above the city's waterfront. Shell is using Seattle as a staging area for its new offshore drilling operatio
Environment
The road to Arctic oil drilling runs through Seattle. People there are trying to block it.
Shanghai smog
Environment
IMF: ‘True cost’ of fossil fuels is $5.3 trillion a year
Divest Harvard Co-Founder Chloe Maxmin became an activist at age 12
Environment
Activists go up against Drew Faust as Harvard refuses to divest carbon