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China Faces 4 Big Risks if it Continues Building More Coal Plants

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Insights

More Water Shortages Mean Energy Investors Need New Ways to Manage Drought Risk

  • Water Security
  • fossil fuels
  • drought
  • Energy
  • Finance
A thermal power plant in Rajasthan. Flickr/vedantlath
  • Water Security
  • fossil fuels
  • drought
  • Energy
  • Finance

As U.S. Government Retreats on Reducing Climate-warming Methane, 4 States Step Up

  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • fossil fuels
Drilling rig
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • fossil fuels

Good News, Bad News: 4 Trends in US Energy Use

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy

A CO2 Direct Air Capture Plant Will Help Extract Oil in Texas. Could This Actually Be Good for the Climate?

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • fossil fuels
CO2 removed from the air can be used to extract oil, like at this Michigan facility. Photo by U.S. Department of Energy/Flickr.
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • fossil fuels
Technical Perspectives

Natural Gas Beat Coal in the US. Will Renewables and Storage Soon Beat Natural Gas?

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
Wind turbines north of Corpus Christi, Texas.
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
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How the International Monetary Fund Is Waking Up to the Financial Risks of the Climate Crisis

  • Economics
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
Extraction machine coal mine coal mining excavator
  • Economics
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
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Planning for a "Just Transition": Leaving No Worker Behind in Shifting to a Low Carbon Future

  • Climate
  • COP24
  • long-term strategies
  • fossil fuels
  • Climate Equity
  • climate change
Providing for workers displaced by the transition away from fossil fuels should be a priority around the world. Photo by U.S. Air Force Photo/Dawn Waldman
  • Climate
  • COP24
  • long-term strategies
  • fossil fuels
  • Climate Equity
  • climate change
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This Month in Climate Science: Threatened Coffee, Asylum Applications and Antarctic Ice Loss

  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
Coffee cup
  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
Data

47% of World's Thermal Power Capacity is in Highly Water-Stressed Areas

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
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7 Signs of Progress: A Year of National Climate Action

  • Energy
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • fossil fuels
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
Electric vehicles
  • Energy
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • fossil fuels
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
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Water Stress Threatens Nearly Half the World’s Thermal Power Plant Capacity

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
Kolubara A thermal power plant in Serbia.
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
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Taking Greenhouse Gases from the Sky: 7 Things to Know About Carbon Removal

  • Energy
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • GHG emissions
  • restoration
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
Cleared land in Costa Rica
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • GHG emissions
  • restoration
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
Insights
Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Rise
  • Business
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
Insights

Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • stories to watch
  • Air Quality
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
  • pollution
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • stories to watch
  • Air Quality
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
  • pollution
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
Insights

Power Plants Use Water, But We Have No Idea How Much

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • mapping
  • power plants
  • water risk
Power plant in Germany
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • mapping
  • power plants
  • water risk
Insights

A River Lined with Smoke: Charcoal and Forest Loss in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Forests
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
A woman holding a fuel efficient stove
  • Forests
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
Insights

For Electric Vehicles to Be Green Heroes, Indonesia Needs a Greener Grid

  • electric grid
  • fossil fuels
  • transportation
The first Indonesian hybrid EV, in 2010.
  • electric grid
  • fossil fuels
  • transportation
Insights
Wall Street is telling ExxonMobil to pick a new direction.
  • Climate
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
  • Business
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset