Energy development

February 17th 2021

How Much the Oil and Gas Industry Paid Texas Republicans Who Are Lying About Wind Energy

As the crisis of rolling blackouts in Texas unfolds this week, some of the state’s loudest Republican politicians are falsely dragging “frozen wind turbines” as the cause. But behind every wind energy smear by a Texas politician is a dizzying amount of money contributed by the fossil fuel industry. Earther looked at whose money is behind…

Energy Molly Taft Feb 17

February 16th 2021

The Real Reason for Texas’ Rolling Blackouts

Texas is really going through it right now. More than four million people are still without power in Texas Tuesday morning after a serious winter storm jacked up energy prices across the U.S. and froze key infrastructure in the state. Like clockwork, reports of frozen wind turbines in Texas have given conservatives a new scapegoat…

Earther Molly Taft Feb 16

February 4th 2021

Why Setting a Clean Energy Standard Should Be Democrats’ Next Move

Prior to last month, the last time Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and the White House was the early Obama years. And one of the signature failures of that period was a 2009 bill that would’ve created a national cap and trade program but ultimately never came to a vote in the Senate (it…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Feb 4

February 3rd 2021

Waiting to Address Climate Change Will Cost Trillions of Dollars

There’s really no good reason to wait to tackle the climate crisis, but especially when it comes to money. A new report offers yet more proof that the longer we wait, the higher that cost will be. The analysis by policy research firm Energy Innovation, published on Wednesday morning, examines two scenarios for reaching net-zero…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Feb 3

January 29th 2021

Xiaomi Announces a Long-Range Wireless Charger You Probably Won’t Be Able to Buy for Years and Years

Apple may have struggled to get its AirPower multi-device charging pad to work, but just over the horizon is a new technology that promises to make wireless charging truly wireless, and Xiaomi is the latest company to promise a world without charging cables—we just don’t know when it will actually arrive. Wireless charging in its…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 29

January 21st 2021

The U.S. Approves Permit for the ‘Proving Ground for the Future of Wave Energy’

The Trump administration ended with a series of last-minuteenvironmental rollbacks. But the day before President Joe Biden’s inauguration, Trump’s Department of the Interior also, bizarrely, snuck in what could be a big win for renewable energy. On Monday, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Management finalized a lease for Oregon State University’s PacWave South center…

Energy Dharna Noor Jan 21

How Much the Oil and Gas Industry Paid Texas Republicans Who Are Lying About Wind Energy

The Real Reason for Texas’ Rolling Blackouts

Why Setting a Clean Energy Standard Should Be Democrats’ Next Move

Waiting to Address Climate Change Will Cost Trillions of Dollars

Xiaomi Announces a Long-Range Wireless Charger You Probably Won’t Be Able to Buy for Years and Years

The U.S. Approves Permit for the ‘Proving Ground for the Future of Wave Energy’

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