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Farmers are making bank harvesting a new crop: Solar energy

May 1, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on April 30, 2025. By Matt Simon Around the world, farmers are retooling their land to harvest the hottest new commodity: sunlight. As the price of renewable energy technology [Read more]

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Drought costs U.S. hydropower billions while increasing emissions: University of Alabama study

August 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 8, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Low water levels in the United States caused significant economic losses for hydropower and increased emissions as natural gas plants [Read more]

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Why this summer might bring the wildest El Niño weather yet

June 3, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on June 3, 2024. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Summers keep getting hotter, and the consequences are impossible to miss: In the summer of 2023, the Northern Hemisphere experienced its hottest season [Read more]

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Canada’s hydropower wanes amid historic hot, dry conditions

April 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 11, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Water supply for hydropower is at worryingly low levels in Canada and the United States, as climate change raises temperatures [Read more]

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Athabasca River Basin seeks recognition of legal personhood concerning CNUL Jackpine oil sands mine

March 13, 2024 Energi Staff

CALGARY/TERRITORIES OF THE BLACKFOOT AND PEOPLES OF TREATY 7, HOME TO MÉTIS NATION OF ALBERTA, REGION III) Last week, the Athabasca River Basin submitted a statement of concern to the Alberta Energy Regulator requesting that [Read more]

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COP28: How 7 policies could help save a billion lives by 2100

December 4, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Nov. 29, 2023. By Joshua M. Pearce In a recent review of more than 180 peer-reviewed articles — which I conducted with fellow researcher Richard Parncutt — we found [Read more]

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Canadian, BC governments help farmers mitigate, adapt to climate change

October 5, 2023 Energi Staff

VICTORIA – Farmers and ranchers in British Columbia are receiving support under the Regional Extension Program so they can continue to produce food in a changing climate. Lawrence MacAulay, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food [Read more]

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California hydroelectric generation could be half of normal levels due to drought

June 7, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 1, 2022. By Debra Warady As part of a supplement to our Short-Term Energy Outlook, we analyzed how drought conditions could affect hydroelectric generation [Read more]

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2021 US hydropower generation to fall amid drought: EIA

September 27, 2021 Energi Staff

By Lindsay Aramayo and Tyler Hodge This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 23, 2021. In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that electricity generation from US hydropower plants [Read more]

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California’s hydroelectric generation affected by historic drought

July 19, 2021 Energi Staff

Lindsay Aramayo This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 7, 2021. Most of the western United States is experiencing intense and historic drought conditions. California is one of the most [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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