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  Steve Hawk

  

  The Beginning of the End for Coal

  ecowatch.com - EcoWatch

  The global coal boom took a nosedive in 2016 as construction starts on coal-fired power plants fell to nearly two-thirds of 2015 levels, according to …

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  Steve Hawk

  

  This Brilliant Solar Panel System Might Put a Huge Kink in President Trump's Coal Plans

  Inc Magazine - Wanda Thibodeaux

  Inspired by nature, this solar panel setup uses smart technology and a gorgeous design to bring homes and businesses greater efficiency. Under the ink of President Donald Trump's America First Energy Plan, the fate of the solar industry is suffering a shoulder shrug period of uncertainty. But that …

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  Steve Hawk

  

  Google to be powered 100% by renewable energy from 2017

  The Guardian - Adam Vaughan

  Google’s data centres and the offices for its 60,000 staff will be powered entirely by renewable energy from next year, in what the company has called a “landmark moment”. The internet giant is already the world’s biggest corporate buyer of renewable electricity, last year buying 44% of its power …

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  Steve Hawk

  

  Let the people lighten energy load with citizen-owned schemes

  The Guardian

  The challenge of climate change is global and it demands action on an international scale, such as the Paris Agreement. But a large part of the solution will be local, involving all of us in the way energy is produced and consumed. The potential for citizen involvement in electricity production is …

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  Steve Hawk

  

  The solar farm that dwarfs Central Park

  BBC Future - Sandrine Ceurstemont

  We visit a vast power plant at the door to the Moroccan desert that is helping to define the energy future of the world. The minibus crosses the vast plateau on a newly paved road. Cracked fields stretch away towards the Moroccan desert to the south. Yet the barren landscape is no longer quite as …

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  Steve Hawk

  

  Stephen Hawking just gave humanity a due date for finding another planet

  The Washington Post - Peter Holley

  If humanity survives the rise of artificial intelligence, the ravages of climate change and the threat of nuclear terrorism in the next century, it doesn't mean we're home free, according to Stephen Hawking. The renowned theoretical physicist has gone as far as providing humanity with a deadline for …