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17 Clean Energy Projects Announced for Former Coal Sites in Appalachia

17 Clean Energy Projects Announced for Former Coal Sites in Appalachia

A collaboration between The Nature Conservancy (TNC), TNC’s Cumberland Forest Limited Partnership, Sun Tribe Development and ENGIE aims to transform 17 former coal mining sites throughout Appalachia into clean energy projects. In total, the projects include 14 solar energy projects with 49 megawatts of energy generation and three battery storage projects with 320 megawatts of […]

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    Clean Energy Costs Expected to Drop 2-11% in 2025, Report Says

    Clean Energy Costs Expected to Drop 2-11% in 2025, Report Says

    According to a new report from BloombergNEF, global clean power costs could fall between 2% and 11% this year, despite tariffs. Even with potential trade barriers, the “Levelized Cost of Electricity” report estimated that clean energy costs for technologies such as wind, solar and battery storage will decrease 22% to 49% by 2035. Much of […]

    2025 Kicks Off With Warmest January on Record

    2025 Kicks Off With Warmest January on Record

    January 2025 was the warmest January on record, according to data from the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service. The data has surprised scientists, who predicted that this January would be at least slightly cooler on average than January 2024 now that the El Niño weather pattern has ended and the cooling La Niña weather pattern […]

    North Pole Temperature Reaches 20°C Above Average

    North Pole Temperature Reaches 20°C Above Average

    Temperatures in the North Pole on Sunday reached 20 degrees Celsius above the average set between 1991 and 2020, after reaching 18 degrees higher than the average on Saturday. With the rise, the temperature in the North Pole surpassed the point of freezing, or 0 degrees Celsius. One reading measured the temperature at 0.5 degrees […]

    USDA and Forest Service Ordered to Remove Climate Change References From Websites

    USDA and Forest Service Ordered to Remove Climate Change References From Websites

    According to internal guidelines obtained and reviewed by various sources including Politico, The Hill and The Guardian, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun removing references to climate change on its webpages and sites, including the U.S. Forest Service website. As The Guardian reported, the internal memo stated that the department must “identify and […]