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Articles about Energiewende

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    • Erik Olson
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    A Tale of Two Decarbonizations
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    • by Erik Olson , Lauren Anderson & Jameson McBride
    Assessing Lulls in Variable Renewable Generation
  • Democracy In The Anthropocene
    • Emma Brush
      by Emma Brush
    Democracy in the Anthropocene
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    • Energy and Climate
    • Will Boisvert
      by Will Boisvert
    The Left vs. the Climate
  • Fukushima Mahnt Main
    • Energy and Climate
    • by Graham Palmer
    The Power of Nationalism
  • Freiburg Solar Main
    • Energy and Climate
    • Vaclav Smil
      by Vaclav Smil
    The Poverty of the Energiewende
  • Conservative Deniers Main
    • Energy and Climate
    • by Michael Shellenberger & Ted Nordhaus
    Climate Skeptics Against Global Warming
  • Trash Trees Taxes Main
    • Energy and Climate
    • by Alex Trembath , Jessica Lovering & Max Luke
    Trash, Trees, and Taxes
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    • Energy and Climate
    • by Jessica Lovering & Max Luke
    Germany’s ‘Energiewende’ Shows Why We Need Nuclear
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      by Breakthrough Staff
    2013 Breakthrough Generation Fellows Announced
  • Headsandmain
    • Energy and Climate
    • by Michael Shellenberger & Ted Nordhaus
    No Solar Way Around It
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    • Energy and Climate
    • by Alex Trembath , Jessica Lovering & Max Luke
    Cost of German Solar Is Four Times Finnish Nuclear
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    • Energy and Climate
    • Mark Lynas
      by Mark Lynas
    A Squandered Opportunity
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    • Energy and Climate
    • by Robert Wilson
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