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In Texas, Ex-Oil and Gas Workers Champion Geothermal Energy as a Replacement for Fossil-Fueled Power Plants

Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source.

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune

Cindy Taff, chief executive officer of Sage Geosystems, at a testing site in Starr County on March 22, 2023. The startup is testing storing energy in the ground. “There’s some people that believe that there’s a climate crisis, and some people don’t believe it," Taff said. "We want this to be the energy of choice whether you believe in it or not because it’s cost-effective as well.” Credit: Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas/The Texas Tribune

Making Solar Energy as Clean as Can Be Means Fitting Square Panels Into the Circular Economy

By Emma Peterson, Wyatt Myskow

Smart Cars in Albuquerque, N.M.

Keystone XL: Threat to E.V. Progress?

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

A nuclear plant in Germany

IEA Forecasts 30 Percent CO2 Growth from Nuclear Retreat

By Reuters

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Gov. Christie's Energy Plan Draws Fire

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

2011: Wind and Natural Gas to Outshine Coal

By Elizabeth McGowan

Energy Production Pushing Water Supply to Choke Point

By Lisa Song

West Virginia Redefines Dirty Energy as 'Alternative'

By Sue Sturgis

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