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Winning Party in Spain’s Election Campaigned on a Green New Deal

Winning Party in Spain’s Election Campaigned on a Green New Deal

The party that won the most votes in Spain’s national election Sunday campaigned on a Green New Deal. The country’s Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) won the largest number of parliamentary seats, at 123, though it fell short of the 176 needed to form a government. It will likely form a coalition government with the anti-austerity […]

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    Wildfires Rage Through Portugal and Spain, Kill at Least 39

    Wildfires Rage Through Portugal and Spain, Kill at Least 39

    Wildfires have killed at least 39 people in Spain and Portugal since Sunday. Hundreds of fires in both countries are being fanned by winds from Hurricane Ophelia in the north, currently barreling towards Ireland, and encouraged by extremely dry terrain from a scorching hot summer in the region. Sixty-four people died in a wildfire in […]

    The Slow Death of Nuclear Power and the Rise of Renewables

    The Slow Death of Nuclear Power and the Rise of Renewables

    The Chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Lewis Strauss noted in a 1954 speech to the National Association of Science Writers that the splitting of the atom and the dawn of the Atomic Age heralded, in his view, a coming era of electrical power that for consumers would be “too cheap to meter.” Soon, […]

    Growth of Global Solar and Wind Energy Continues to Outpace Other Technologies

    Growth of Global Solar and Wind Energy Continues to Outpace Other Technologies

    Worldwatch Institute Global use of solar and wind energy continued to grow significantly in 2012. Solar power consumption increased by 58 percent, to 93 terrawatt-hours (TWh), and the use of wind power increased by 18 percent, to 521 TWh. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock Although hydropower remains the world’s leading renewable energy, solar and wind continue […]

    Report Reveals Key to Scaling Renewable Energy Worldwide

    Report Reveals Key to Scaling Renewable Energy Worldwide

    World Wildlife Fund Challenges in scaling implementation of renewable energy must be addressed if the target of 100 percent sustainable renewables by 2050 is to be achieved, according to a new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report. In the report, challenges inhibiting scaling up implementation in seven countries—China, India, Germany, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa and Spain—are […]