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BBC News UK energy has ‘greenest’ summer to date, National Grid saysBBC NewsThe software combines National Grid’s knowledge of the energy system with weather data from the Met Office to forecast the share of renewable and non-renewable energy on the grid over the next 48 hours and the resulting carbon emissions. It is hoped …This…

High Country News Trump’s Solar Tariff Confusion Creates An OpportunityOilPrice.comThe solar sector is reeling from confusion, and stock prices are reeling right along with it. The time it has taken investors and traders to wrap their heads around Trump’s industry tariffs and the pyrrhic victory of two solar companies in a case …Trump considers tariffs…

MIT Technology Review How to Build a Solar Farm without Government SubsidiesMIT Technology ReviewJust outside the genteel English town of Flitwick, a field has been filled with a British first: the Clayhill solar farm is the nation’s only such facility to have been built without any form of government subsidy. Anesco, the company that designed…

Newsweek No, the Solar Eclipse Did Not Cause All These HurricanesNewsweekWhen Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas days after much of the continental United States experienced a historic total solar eclipse, a pastor in Washington state posed a question: Could the two natural phenomena be related? “What are the odds of …

Seeking Alpha ReneSola, Canadian Solar Focus On Plant-Building As New US Tariffs LoomSeeking AlphaA trio of solar energy stories are in the headlines that underscore difficulties panel makers are facing due to a recent glut that looks quite typical in this highly cyclical sector. Two of the stories reflect a trend that has panel makers…

Popular Mechanics The Military Could Be About to Make Solar Power Way BetterPopular MechanicsThat’s why it’s great news that the military is looking to increase its use of solar panels. The Department of Energy recently released a comprehensive look at the U.S. energy grid and concluded that the military needs to rely more on solar…

IFLScience Yes, Global Warming Could Be Causing Extreme Cold SnapsIFLScienceUnusually cold conditions bring out the climate change deniers, who ask how it can be so chilly if the world is warming up. Of course, a few days of inclement weather hardly refute a global trend, but according to one theory, higher temperatures might … and…

Futurism Here Are the US Cities Least Affected by Climate ChangeFuturismPortland is also one of the only cities with a working group tasked with reducing racial and economic inequality as it relates to potential climate-action policies — a key measure of a city’s ability to cope with natural disasters and climate change. and more »

Food and Water Watch Betting on Chaos: Financial Firms Seek to Cash In on Climate ChangeFood and Water WatchEarlier this month the Financial Times reported that a new climate change prediction market [subscription required] is being created in the United Kingdom. The market, similar to a sports betting book, is the “brainchild” of the financial…

Grist The Blacklist’s Megan Boone has a new target: climate changeGristBut that didn’t stop her from feeling anxious on a hot day this July when speaking out about climate change. Boone took the podium for a Moms Clean Air Task Force rally in Washington, D.C., clutching a speech she had written herself — and hired…