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Can Tesla’s Solar Roof Disrupt The Solar Market?ForbesTesla has been looking to shake up the solar market following its $2 billion acquisition of SolarCity with its new solar roof system. While the product was announced late last year, Tesla began taking orders from prospective customers from May, noting … and more »

MIT News Experiencing the Great American Solar EclipseMIT News21 at MIT’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts; at the MIT Wallace Observatory; and in eastern Idaho, members of the MIT community, and the public at large, gathered to watch what was hailed by many as the Great American Solar Eclipse — a solar …

CNET This is what the solar eclipse looked like from the moonCNETThe great North American solar eclipse of Aug. 21 may be in the history books, but NASA has given us a chance to the see the event from a new perspective. The space agency released an image on Tuesday of the eclipse shadow falling…

Photosynthesis discovery could help design more efficient artificial solar cellsScience DailyDuring photosynthesis, plants and other organisms, such as algae and cyanobacteria, convert solar energy into chemical energy that can later be used as fuel for activities. In plants, light energy from the sun causes an electron to rapidly move across … and more »

Bloomberg Stalled Chile Solar Farm Is Seeking $800 Million to RestartBloombergEIG Global Energy Partners, the U.S. private equity investor that took over the $1 billion Cerro Dominador solar plant last year, has received interest from “several international banks,” Fernando Gonzalez, the project’s chief executive officer, said … and more »

NOLA.com Global warming makes storms such as Harvey wetter, more intense, scientists sayNOLA.comWASHINGTON — By the time the rain stops, Harvey will have dumped about 1 million gallons of water for every man, woman and child in southeast Texas. It’s a soggy, record-breaking glimpse of the wet and wild future that global warming could bring, …Climate…

Johnson: Scientists might be right on global warmingJournal TimesThe recent eclipse heightened my respect for the scientists who somehow were able to predict it right to the second. That no doubt involved lots of observations, mathematics and physics. The entire episode has bolstered my confidence in scientific …

Common Dreams Houston, Bangladesh, and Global Warming | By Dean Baker …Common DreamsWe are seeing many terrible pictures from Houston as a result of Hurricane Harvey. People with young children and pets are wading through high water in the … and more »

SFGate Bay Area political events: environment, sexual minoritiesSFGateEnvironmental authors: Litquake presents panel of authors discussing Trump administration environmental policies. Panel members include Kenneth David Brower and Mary Ellen Hannibal. Free event is from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Koret Auditorium, … and more »

The Guardian How climate change could turn US real estate prices upside downThe GuardianMany of the lessons that Florida has learned since 1992 have parallels in the unfolding disaster in Texas, experts say, and what was already a trend toward factoring in environmental threats and climate change to land and property values looks certain …