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The US offshore wind industry finally gets a break
This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter . After taking a beating for the first year of the Trump administration, the beleaguered wind…
In a first, renewables beat natural gas on US grid last month
See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the Week” column . It’s not an easy moment for renewable energy in the U.S., but the sector is still setting new records.…
Quantifying the Rural Access Problem: Emergency Cardiac Care as a Window into American Healthcare
By ANISH KOKA I was listening to a conversation between two critical thinkers I respect greatly: geneticist/technologist/blogger Razib Khan and Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle. Their discussion was a freewheeling rant about the…
7th and possibly final update on the $39.94 lab test bill
By MATTHEW HOLT I know you all care, so I am giving a 7th update on the telenovela about my Labcorp bill for $34.95. The very TL:DR summary of where we are…
Elizabeth Telford | What 10,000 Nodules Taught Me About Savanna Trees…. and Myself
In this Behind the Paper blog post, author Elizabeth Telford – a postdoc at the the University of Sheffield – discusses the research article N2 fixation is linked to the…
AES pulls out of San Diego area battery project after local opposition
A community north of San Diego has blocked a major grid battery that a developer had hoped to build in a residential area near a major hospital. Independent power producer…
Fervo Energy inks big turbine deal to build more next-gen geothermal
Fervo Energy , the leading next-generation geothermal startup, is ramping up plans to build out new power plants. The Houston-based company has signed a three-year agreement with Turboden America, which…
New Jersey becomes second state this year to lift its nuclear moratorium
New Jersey has become the sixth state in the last decade, and the second this year, to fully repeal its moratorium on building new nuclear power stations. On a crisp…
This program pays nonprofits to take the time to consider solar
As a key deadline for federal solar tax credits ticks closer, a Massachusetts program is helping the state’s nonprofits get solar projects underway before the incentive disappears. The Solar Upgrading…