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Everett Sloane

Latest Articles by Everett Sloane

China commissioned nearly 370 gigawatts of solar in a single year

Wind and solar outproduced fossil fuels in the European Union over a full year for the first time

The last giant magnet for the world’s biggest fusion reactor has reached France

A single AI data center now draws 80 megawatts, more than double an ordinary one

A dome of record heat will roast the East Coast into the upper 90s by Friday, toppling June records from Washington to Philadelphia

For the first time, US renewables out-generated natural gas across a full month earlier this year

Antarctica holds about 70% of all the fresh water on Earth

More than 40 cities could topple daily heat records by Friday as a summer-like dome bakes the East Coast for days

By Thursday the severe storm threat shifts into the Midwest, putting more than 26 million people near Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee at risk

The world added a record 814 gigawatts of wind and solar last year

Grid electricity must be used almost the instant it is generated

The oceans have absorbed more than 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases

A derecho can flatten trees across hundreds of miles with hurricane-force winds

One large wind turbine can power roughly a thousand homes in steady wind

The first tropical storm of the year is forming off Mexico and should become Tropical Storm Amanda by Wednesday night, staying far out at sea

A California startup says it built a nuclear battery that turns radiation straight into electricity and keeps running for years without a single charge

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