energy
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Texas Lawmakers Have a New Scheme to Punish Renewables and Prop Up Fossil Fuels
Texas Republicans are at it again. Last week, Republican politicians in the state legislature introduced a package of bills intended to punish renewable energy and boost fossil fuels, despite the fact that Texas is currently one of the nation’s top generators of renewable power.
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Western Cities Vote to Keep U.S. Nuclear Dream Alive (For Now)
A group of cities in the Western U.S. have voted to move ahead with a new nuclear project that could help revolutionise how clean power is generated in this country — despite sharply rising costs for the project.
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Solar Panels Over California’s Canals Could Save Water While Making Clean Energy
Solar AquaGrid, the University of California Merced, Turlock Irrigation District, and the California Department of Water Resources are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for innovating a way to combine clean energy with water conservation.
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The Last Of Us Doesn’t Understand How Petrol Degrades
Imagine, if you will, the apocalypse. A mushroom gets a little out of hand, and suddenly everyone is zombies. Twenty years later, no one’s manning the gas pumps or working the refineries, but suddenly you’re tasked with driving some magic child across the country. How are you going to do that?