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Earth

Where the wind blows: Mapping our wildest gusts

A new wind atlas will help turbines avoid the doldrums – and solve some of wind's enduring mysteries

Features

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Physics

What the end of the atomic renaissance means for nuclear power

Insight

Is coal really on its way out?

Earth

UK government subsidises coal sector with £356 million a year

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Earth

Cutting through the smog: Is pollution getting worse?

Features

Cutting through the smog: How air pollution shortens your life

Earth

Cutting through the smog: How air pollution shortens your life

Features

A woman wearing a face mask to filter out polluted air

Earth

Cutting through the smog: 5 ways to slash your pollution intake

Features

Cutting through the smog: What to do to fight air pollution

Earth

Cutting through the smog: What to do to fight air pollution

Features

Dust from the Carmichael coal mine has spread widely

Earth

It’s not too late to save Great Barrier Reef from politicians

Analysis

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Life

Make like a leaf: How copying photosynthesis can change society

Features

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

Physics

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

The new president approved $120 million to resume licensing Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste dump, but researchers at the energy department have other plans

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Earth

Record amounts of renewable energy added to the mix in 2016

News

Technology

US energy systems at the mercy of cyberattack, warns report

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Earth

CO₂ emissions from energy remain flat for third year running

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Earth

Scott Pruitt's climate denial may be Putin's real prize

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