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California power prices have skyrocketed. Is this normal — or more Enron-style ‘manipulation’? Outlet Full Name: Sacramento Bee News Date: August 19, 2020 The epic heat wave that’s produced rolling blackouts in California comes with a…

Solar Power Is Booming. But It’s Putting Desert Wilderness At Risk. Outlet Full Name: Huffington Post News Date: August 20, 2020 But as developers scramble to set up their [energy] projects, some scientists and…

Can California Prevent Rolling Blackouts? Official Explains Outlet Full Name: KCRA3 News Date: August 17, 2020 “We’ve been wrestling with this idea of trying to transition to an electricity system that is heavily dependent…

Do Air Filters in HVAC Systems Offer Protection Against Coronavirus Indoors? It Depends Outlet Full Name: Discover Magazine News Date: July 17, 2020 “Pistochini saw this while studying ventilation in California public school classrooms….

Leading Change Outlet Full Name: Energy Services Today News Date: March/April 2020 “In April 2006, the University of California-Davis (UC Davis) became the first institution of higher learning in the nation to form academic…

Know the Facts about Alcohol and Climate Change Outlet Full Name: New York Times (NYT) News Date: 02/19/2020 “The more concentrated they are, the less impact they have,” Alissa Kendall, a professor of civil…

The Supercool Materials That Send Heat to Space Outlet Full Name: Scientific American News Date: 02/17/2020 Paints, plastics and even wood can be engineered to stay cool in direct sunlight—but their role in displacing…

Designing the Most Effective Heat Exchanger Outlet Full Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) News Date: 02/11/2020 High-temperature heat exchangers could reduce the amount of fuel needed to power many industrial processes, reducing…

New ‘reverse solar panel’ generates power at night by radiating heat into space Outlet Full Name: Digital Trends News Date: 02/04/2020 For obvious reasons, today’s sun-powered solar cells don’t work at night. But researchers…

A researcher designed ‘anti-solar’ panels that generate electricity in the dark of night Outlet Full Name: CNN News Date: 02/05/2020 Solar panels, true to their name, don’t technically work at night. But a California…