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Why Germany is building an ark for US climate data

My boomer mom’s cheap online shopping habit drives me nuts

Meet the solar industry’s new Republican evangelist

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty took the helm of the Solar Energy Industries Association this summer with a mandate to build durable political power.

How a warming climate threatens Africa’s endangered forest elephants

In remote Gabon, warmer nights and less rainfall may be preventing trees from growing the nutritious fruit the animals depend on.

Data centers’ neighbors weigh in on how to manage them

The people of northern Virginia have been living with data centers for many years. But even they are resisting new developments. And they have specific wishes for how to regulate them.

Should we get excited about California’s latest virtual power plant?

Google and PG&E will enlist Silicon Valley homes with batteries and other devices to help the grid. But they’re ignoring the data center elephant in the…