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fossil fuels

mining

Earth

Our terrifying energy future leaves us with uncertainties

We could outrun environmental disaster by ditching fossil fuels for safer options, but will we? Three new books paint a scary picture by refusing to commit

Culture

solar panels in China

Technology

Why China's green ambitions will make it the next world leader

Insight

bus

Technology

Failed electric buses remind us that roads not taken do matter

Leader

Twisted carbon nanotubes harness waste energy and put it to work

Technology

Twisted carbon nanotubes harness waste energy and put it to work

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We really can run the world on renewable energy – here’s how

Earth

We really can run the world on renewable energy – here’s how

Comment

drilling site in Lancashire

Earth

The push for UK fracking may be 55 million years too late

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Refuelling hydrogen vehicle

Technology

Nano aluminium offers fuel cells on demand – just add water

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wind farm

Technology

The renewables reality: clean energy hasn't risen for 25 years

Insight

Waves in water

Earth

Quantum gravity detector will use atom clouds to survey for oil

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explosion in desert

Physics

Bigger bang theory: teach atoms new tricks to beef up explosives

Mastering materials that have never been made before could deliver blasts big enough to shoot rockets to Mars

Features

Earth

California climate case turns up the heat on fossil fuel giants

Comment

Earth

Throwaway culture: The truth about recycling

Features

Technology

Hailing e-Volvos as imminent saviours of the planet is nonsense

Comment

Earth

Use waste rather than crops for biofuels, says UK report

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