There is an inherent problem to renewable energy like wind and solar, and it is called intermittency. In short: the wind doesn’t blow all the time, and the sun only shines during the day.
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) folded to pressure from the fossil fuel industry and pro-fracking Congress members recently by releasing a "more study needed" report on fracking and earthquakes.
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Scientists getting ready for the Rio +20 environmental conference have declared attempts to protect the world's oceans a failure.
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America finally seems to be throwing coal power back down the chute.
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Wind energy is under attack from a network of ultra-conservative groups and "think tanks."
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