Wind turbines are annoyingly loud. The secrets of owl flight could provide a solution.

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Biome Renewables uses patented technology to make its wind turbines extra quiet compared to standard turbines.

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Meet the female force who halted a major development project to preserve her working-class neighborhood and make it a leader in clean energy

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Elizabeth Yeampierre is the executive director of UPROSE — a Sunset Park community organization focused on sustainability and resiliency.

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2 nuclear reactors that can power 1 million US homes with clean, sustainable energy is $21 billion over budget and years behind schedule

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Units 3, left, and 4 and their cooling towers stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Georgia.

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A mining billionaire who called Elon Musk a 'muppet' hints the Tesla chief is anti-hydrogen because he's bet big on batteries

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Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla.

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Uranium prices top $80 for the first time in 15 years as demand for nuclear power surges

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Warren Buffett's company slashed its stake in BYD. Here's why that's surprising – and 5 possible explanations.

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Warren Buffett and Bill Gates (right) with BYD CEO Wang Chuanfu and Charlie Munger (left) in 2010.

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Warren Buffett should have invested in Tesla when it was worth 0.1% as much, Elon Musk says

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Elon Musk.

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Why we don't have fusion power plants yet, and what it'll take to get clean, limitless energy to market

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The National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U) at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

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Global fossil fuel demand is likely to peak this decade as the clean energy economy grows, IEA says

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Global oil demand will likely meet its peak this decade.

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Elon Musk warned of Cybertruck headaches, consumers' debt woes, and a 'stormy' economic backdrop on Tesla's earnings call. Here are his 14 best quotes.

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Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla.

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