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Energy Road Map Charts Challenging Course to Oil-Free Future

By 2050, 90% of global electricity generation could come from renewable sources, 70% from solar photovoltaic and wind.

David Suzuki ·

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Thursday, April 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Why Bill Gates, John Kerry, and Other Climate Dudes Are Dead Wrong

There's no Gates-ian fairy tale, no Franzen-like acceptance of disaster, and no awaiting the invention of some Kerry-like miracle technologies.

John Carey ·

Economic Study Shows Why 'Saving the Planet Is Not a Jobs Killer'

"It's not an impossible task to make sure workers in the fossil fuel industry are provided with the skills, training, and opportunities to find other jobs," the Center for Economic and Policy Research found. 

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

While the sun and wind are indeed infinitely renewable, the materials needed to convert those resources into electricity—minerals like cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel, and the rare-earth elements, or REEs—are anything but. (Photo: Getty Images/Stock Images)

The Post-Petroleum Resource Race and What to Make of It

Lithium, cobalt, and rare earths.

Michael T. Klare ·

The sun sets over container ships and oil platforms off the coast of Huntington Beach on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

The Most Colossal Planning Failure in Human History

We have built up civilization to a scale that can temporarily be supported by finite and polluting energy sources, and we have simply assumed that this scale of activity can continue to be supported by other energy sources that haven't yet been developed or substantially deployed.

Richard Heinberg ·

In Garzweiler, Germany, wind turbines are seen near an open-cast mining operation and a coal-fired power plant run by German energy giant RWE on March 15, 2021. (Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images)

'The IEA Is Starting to Get It': World Energy Body Praised for Finally Admitting Fossil Fuels Must Stay in the Ground

"Today's bombshell report from the International Energy Agency is easy to translate," said Bill McKibben. "Anyone who continues to engage or invest in fossil fuel development is wrecking the climate."

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

If we are to stabilize the climate system, we will need a global Green New Deal. (Photo: Shutterstock)

What's Missing From Biden’s Climate Agenda?

A fair-shares approach to global climate justice could help save the "net zero 2050" strategy.

Tom Athanasiou ·

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660+ Groups Call on Democrats to 'Reject Gas and Other False Climate Solutions' for Clean Energy Standard

"As we look to combat the climate emergency, it is crucial that we invest in solutions that support a just energy future."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

People run away from the waves flooding Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach and its sidewalk on April 9, 2010. The unusual roughness was, according to experts, caused by the same climate phenomenon that originated the heaviest rains in the area in half a century, unleashing floods and mudslides which killed an estimated 380 people in the state of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: Antonio Scorza/AFP via Getty Images)

Despite Urgent Need for Green Recovery, World's Cities Woefully Underfunded to Fight Climate Emergency

Cities around the world lack the public financing needed to protect people from flooding, sustainably retrofit buildings, and respond to the climate emergency.

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

The U.S. energy system should rely on "proven renewable energy technologies like solar and wind and exclude gas, carbon capture and storage, biomass, nuclear, and other false solutions," 666 groups told congressional leaders on Wednesday. (Photo: Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

660+ Groups Call on Democrats to 'Reject Gas and Other False Climate Solutions' for Clean Energy Standard

"As we look to combat the climate emergency, it is crucial that we invest in solutions that support a just energy future."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·