Researcher Is Using Bacteria, Paper to Create Clean Energy

Binghamton University researcher Seokheun “Sean” Choi is developing new ways to create electricity using bacteria.

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This photo released by Toyota Motor Corp., shows a hydrogen engine car being refueled during the five-hour-long Super Taikyu Race at Autopolis in Hita, Oita prefecture, southern Japan on July 31, 2021. Toyota said Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 it is testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars as it works toward using the technology in commercial products.

Toyota Testing Hydrogen Race Cars

The latest hydrogen technology is being tested on a Yaris with a 1.6 liter engine for racing.

In this May 18, 2021, file photo, homes sit on a hill behind pump jacks operating at the Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles. California's oil regulator wants to ban new oil and gas drilling within 3,200 feet of schools, homes and hospitals to protect public health. The draft rule released Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, would be the nation's largest buffer zone between drilling and community sites if adopted.

California Proposes New Oil Drilling Ban

More than 2 million Californians live within 3,200 feet of oil drilling sites.

Mississippi River along the Mississippi-Arkansas border.

Green Hydrogen Hub to Be U.S.'s Largest

The company said the project will create an easier pathway for industry to move away from fossil fuels.

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SKF to Go Net Zero in its Supply Chain by 2050

Within that, SKF has pledged to source at least 40% of steel from carbon-neutral steel plants by 2040.

The La Geo Geothermal Power Plant in Berlin, El Salvador, Oct. 15, 2021.

Bitcoin Mining Powered by Volcanoes

The pilot project has inspired promises of cryptocurrency fueled by cheap, renewable energy.

Ford Foundation President Darren Walker attends a reception at the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit, on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Ford Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, announced Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 that it will divest millions from fossil fuels, following similar investment decisions made by other sizable foundations in recent years.

Ford Foundation to Divest Millions from Fossil Fuels

The foundation says it will invest its energy portfolio in alternative and renewable energy.

In this Sept. 27, 2021 file photo, steam billows out of the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province. The world's facing an energy crunch.

Energy Issues Hamper Global Recovery as Winter Approaches

The biggest squeeze is on natural gas.

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$4.5B Clean Energy Complex Planned for Louisiana

The facility will produce “blue hydrogen."

In this Thursday, April 29, 2021 file photo, a coal-fired RWE power plant steams on a sunny day in Neurath, Germany. The International Energy Agency is urging governments to make stronger commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions at an upcoming U.N. climate summit.

Energy Agency Urges Bigger Global Push to Cut Emissions

The economic rebound from the pandemic has seen an increase in the use of coal and oil.

Huntington Beach pier, California, Oct. 11, 2021.

Oil Spill Legal Fight Likely to Last Years

The first lawsuit was filed just 48 hours after the spill was discovered.

In this Feb. 22, 2020 file photo, a power generation plant stands idle near Huexca, Morelos state, Mexico. A constitutional reform presented by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would cancel contracts under which some private power generating plants plants sell power into the national grid, declares “illegal” other private plants that sell energy direct to corporate clients in Mexico and would cancel many long-term energy supply contracts and clean-energy preferential buying schemes.

Mexico Plans to Shutter Private Power Plants

The proposal may provoke complaints under the Mexico-U.S.-Canada free trade accord.

Hydropower Decline Strains Power Grids in Drought

Production at Hoover Dam is down by 25%.