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Energy.gov (blog) Solar Decathlon: 3 STEM Resources for TeachersEnergy.gov (blog)Teachers: the next big thing in solar is nearly here! On Thursday, October 5, the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017 officially kicks off in Denver. The biennial competition challenges collegiate student teams to design and build solar … and more »

Bloomberg Storm-Ravaged Caribbean Eyes Solar, But It Won’t Come CheapBloombergIn making the case for so-called microgrids, environmental nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute pointed to solar installations on the Turks and Caicos islands that remained largely intact while the local utility reported more than 1,200 poles down. That … and more »

E&E News Is Zinke signaling a shift from solar? It’s complicatedE&E News“If I see solar cells out on land, that land is no longer useful for anything else but energy, but there’s a lot of roofs when you fly over,” Zinke said at the conference. “And I think the greatest opportunity, quite frankly, for the…

Space.com Great American Solar Eclipse Viewership Dwarfed Super Bowl …Space.comComparing the Great American Solar Eclipse to the Super Bowl doesn’t do justice to the amazing interest in last month’s sky show, a new study reveals.Ranking Member Lipinski’s Opening Statement for Solar Eclipse HearingSpace Ref (press release)215 million U.S. adults watched the solar eclipse – FuturityFuturity:…

Greentech Media Solar, Batteries and LNG Emerge as Competitors to Oil in Island MarketsGreentech MediaWe think there’s an opportunity for these markets to be a bit of a lead in transitioning to a low-carbon supply,” said Tom Heggarty, senior analyst in global solar markets at GTM Research. “There are many more options for alternatives to…

Washington Post Majority of Americans now say climate change makes hurricanes more intenseWashington PostA majority of Americans say that global climate change contributed to the severity of recent hurricanes in Florida and Texas, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. That marks a significant shift of opinion from a dozen years ago, when a…

Gizmodo Climate Change Likely Killed Off Tasmanian TigersGizmodo“Understanding the impact of past climate change on Australian native fauna and disentangling its effects from that of human pressure and invasive species is critical for understanding extinction risk and focusing conservation efforts in the future …Tasmanian Tigers Killed By Climate Change in Australia Before Going ExtinctNewsweek all…

Washington Post Tropical forests used to protect us from climate change. Now, scientists say, they’re making it worseWashington PostA surprising scientific study released Thursday presents troubling news about the enormous forests of the planet’s tropical midsection — suggesting that they are releasing hundreds of millions of tons of carbon to the atmosphere, rather than storing…

Hartford Courant Robert Thorson: US Courts Taking Climate Change SeriouslyHartford CourantIn cases dealing with environmental impact analysis, decisions were thrown out that were judged “arbitrary or capricious” for insufficiently considering climate science. For cases associated with energy policy, the role of climate change became part of …

Vox One of the clearest signs of climate change in Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey was the rainVox“All of these storms went through a period where they gained strength quickly,” said James Kossin, an atmospheric scientist at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction. “That was alarming.” The intensity of Hurricane Maria, which made…