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A Legacy of the New Deal, Electric Cooperatives Struggle to Democratize and Make a Green Transition FDR program to electrify rural America is now beset by expensive coal plants and often-hidebound governing boards, as members clamor for transparency and renewables. President Roosevelt delivers a speech at the dedication of the U.S. Rural Electrification Project. Credit: Getty Images Related Share this article What began three years ago as a campaign to stop the spraying of weedkiller under powe...

  GHOne TVs multiple award-winning news anchor, Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman, has emerged Best African Journalist in the TV category of the 2020 African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting (ACCER) Awards, held on the sidelines of the Fifth UN Environmental Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi, Kenya. While the pandemic has overwhelmed the news cycle and dominated headlines around the world, the young Journalist offered a rare perspective on used PPE disposal and gives comprehensive coverage of waste m...

A Clean Energy Milestone: Renewables Pulled Ahead of Coal in 2020 Low costs of wind and solar power helped renewables pass coal in electricity generation; gas remains the leader. February 26, 2021 Employees of the Goldbecksolar company stand in a solar park. Credit: Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images Related Share this article In a year of pandemic illness and chaotic politics, there also was a major milestone in the transition to clean energy: U.S. renewable energy sources for the...

Inside Clean Energy: The Right and Wrong Lessons from the Texas Crisis The state experienced an “all-of-the-above” failure, and previewed a future of winter peaks in energy demand. The Ted Cruz scandal was also instructive. February 25, 2021 Workers repair a power line in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Credit: Thomas Ryan Allison/Bloomberg via Getty Images Related Share this article Now that the power is back on in Texas, we are entering a phase with investigations of all ...

South Africa registered a further 1,862 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total to 1,507,448. A further 110 Covid-19-related deaths were reported, bringing the total to 49,523 deaths.

Shot Hailed as Super Effective; J&J Gets Big Win: Virus Update Bloomberg 2/24/2021 Bloomberg News © Bloomberg A healthcare worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at La Rural convention center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Argentine President Alberto Fernandez fired his health minister in an attempt to defuse a scandal over government allies having received preferential access to Covid-19 vaccinations. (B...

The shot made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE was overwhelmingly effective against the virus in a study, prompting experts to say that immunizations can end the pandemic. Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, U.S. regulators said, a milestone toward giving Americans the first shot to work in a single dose.

Image courtesy of HBO/Last Week Tonight A screen grab of a YouTube video of Last Week Tonights segment on meatpacking and occupational safety. The HBO series showcased occupational safety concerns in US meatpacking plants on Sunday. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to issues surrounding worker safety in meatpacking plants as the facilities became epicenters for viral transmission and scores of staff members contracted the coronavirus. This Sunday, the...

Inside Clean Energy: Explaining the Crisis in Texas This is what happens when the challenges of climate adaptation run into the challenges of the energy transition. February 18, 2021 Karla Perez and Esperanza Gonzalez stay in their apartment during power outage caused by the winter storm on Feb. 16, 2021 in Houston, Texas. A winter storm has brought historic cold weather, power outages and traffic accidents to Texas. Credit: Go Nakamura/Getty Images Related Share this article Even before the fr...