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These Solar Panels Generate Drinking Water From the Air | KTLA

A company called Zero Mass Water has created a special solar-like panel that creates clean, drinkable water from the air. You can now install them on your home or office.I’ve drank a lot of water from bottles, but it was never created like this.I’m on the rooftop of a building in Santa Monica on an overcast day, checking out solar panels from a company called Zero Mass Water. These are not just your typical energy creating panels – they are busy pulling water out of the air.

Source: These Solar Panels Generate Drinking Water From the Air | KTLA

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Why can’t the government understand there’s no such thing as clean coal?

Some new form of madness must surely have taken hold when we’re being asked to ponder whether or not the Clean Energy Finance Corporation should fund ‘clean coal’, or cleaner coal, power stations.

Source: Why can’t the government understand there’s no such thing as clean coal?

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Neither Trump nor Turnbull can turn back the tide on renewables | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian

The argument for renewable energy is now a purely economic one – and the move away from coal will only pick up speed

Source: Neither Trump nor Turnbull can turn back the tide on renewables | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian

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Solar power becoming world’s cheapest form of electricity production, analysts say | The Independent

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Solar power is becoming the cheapest way to generate electricity, according to leading analysts. Data produced by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) showed the cost of solar in 58 lower-income countries – including China, Brazil and India – had fallen to about a third of levels in 2010 and was now slightly cheaper than wind energy.

Source: Solar power becoming world’s cheapest form of electricity production, analysts say | The Independent

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Sundrop Farms pioneering solar-powered greenhouse to grow food without fresh water – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A groundbreaking greenhouse that relies on sunlight and sea water to grow tomatoes officially opens next week, 300 kilometres north of Adelaide.

Source: Sundrop Farms pioneering solar-powered greenhouse to grow food without fresh water – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Health of more than 90% of world’s population affected by air pollution ‘emergency’, WHO says | The Independent

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More than nine out of every 10 people on the planet live in areas where air pollution breaches official safety limits – and millions of people are dying as a result, according to new research by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Source: Health of more than 90% of world’s population affected by air pollution ‘emergency’, WHO says | The Independent

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In Boon for EVs, Solar Panels, California will roll back CO2 Emissions to 40% Below 1990 | Informed Comment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The California legislature worked on a carbon dioxide emissions reduction bill …

Source: In Boon for EVs, Solar Panels, California will roll back CO2 Emissions to 40% Below 1990 | Informed Comment

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Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg And Tech-Giant Supergroup Team Up Against Climate Change | IFLScience

A dream team of tech giants – Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma from Alibaba, along with a host of international tech leaders – have announced they’re coming together to combat climate change.

Source: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg And Tech-Giant Supergroup Team Up Against Climate Change | IFLScience

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One Quarter Of The World Will Be Powered By Renewable Energy By 2020 | IFLScience

Climate change action has just been given an official round of applause: the International Energy Agency (IEA) has declared that over 26% of the world’s energy supply will come from renewable energy sources by the end of the decade.

Source: One Quarter Of The World Will Be Powered By Renewable Energy By 2020 | IFLScience