energy
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Exxon Gives Up on Much-Hyped Algae Biofuels
It’s the end of an algal era: Exxon is backing out of a biofuel effort that the company has for years centered as part of its work in clean energy.
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These Robots Go Into Fukushima Daiichi So People Don’t Have To
The idea of a nuclear power plant having a meltdown is one that strikes fear into the hearts of most people. It’s a massively dangerous event that can affect people all around the world and can take decades or more to contain or clean up even then leading to areas becoming uninhabitable for millennia.
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Amazon’s ‘The Rig’ Brings New Energy to Old Eco Terrors
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An Oil Exec Will Lead the UN’s 2023 Climate Summit
For nearly 30 years, nations, nonprofits, researchers, industry representatives, and other stakeholders have gathered annually at the United Nations’ Conference of Parties — commonly known as COP — to talk through implementation of the U.N.’s climate change treaty. Though deeply imperfect, these summits are a critical focal point of global climate diplomacy and policy every…