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  • Angry US landowners are killing off renewable energy projects

    There’s an old saw in the trash business that says, “everybody wants their trash picked up but nobody wants it put down.” That’s not a perfect analogy for what’s happening with renewable-energy projects in New York and New England but the sentiment behind it is familiar.

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  • Freeman Dyson, RIP

    The death of physicist Freeman Dyson on February 28 has been noted by many publications, all of which highlighted his many contributions to science. Dyson, 96, was, without doubt, a genius.

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  • Iran’s power over Iraq includes electricity

    President Trump’s decision to use a drone to kill Iranian General Qassem Suleimani in Baghdad and Iran’s have caused a furor in diplomatic and political circles.

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  • Hawaii protests show why wind energy can’t save us from climate change

    Since mid-October, some 128 people on the island of Oahu have been arrested while protesting a wind energy project being built near the small village of Kahuku.

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  • Electric vehicles won’t save us from climate change

    The leading Democratic contenders for the White House love electric vehicles. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) all have released plans that would require the rapid electrification of the transportation sector.

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  • Why Climate Action Flopped at the G-7

    Countries put their own economic growth first.

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  • Big Wind’s Big Headwinds

    On Monday, the Seattle City Council passed a resolution that adds the city to the list of municipalities that have committed to a local version of the Green New Deal.

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  • A Reality Check for Solar and Wind

    All told, renewables produce a small fraction of recent years’ increased production of oil and gas.

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  • As I See It: Cuomo’s war on pipelines hurts New England

    New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has declared war on natural gas pipelines — and New Englanders are caught in the crossfire.

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  • Out of Gas: New York’s Blocked Pipelines Will Hurt Northeast Consumers

    Available for PDF download.

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