Is offshore wind development a threat to whales? Here's what to know.
Nine dead whales have washed ashore in New Jersey and New York in recent months. Some are blaming offshore wind energy sites, but federal officials are pushing back.
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Nine dead whales have washed ashore in New Jersey and New York in recent months. Some are blaming offshore wind energy sites, but federal officials are pushing back.
Soaring over the clear waters of Loch Awe in Scotland is a mountain, Ben Cruahan, that masks a marvel of engineering: a hydroelectric plant carved deep within that points to the future of renewable energy, capable of powering 800,000 homes in seconds. Correspondent Roxana Saberi reports.
"The EU's self-sufficiency and independence from Russia and China will begin in the mine," said Sweden's energy and business minister.
Despite initial clashes and Molotov cocktails being hurled, police say the operation to force hundreds of demonstrators out of Luetzerath is going to plan.
Renewable sources of energy will account for 24% of the nation's energy in 2023, more than double what it was a decade ago. CBS environmental correspondent David Schechter reports.
Tear gas and pushing and shoving as police move in to clear hundreds of activists occupying the tiny town of Luetzerath, which was sold to an energy company.
Preliminary data shows renewable energy surpassed coal power in 2022 for the first time in over 60 years, but researchers say it's not enough to put the U.S. on target to meet its 2030 emissions goal.
It's one of the most powerful forces warming the Earth, leading to increasingly severe droughts, wildfires and floods. It's also invisible. So how do we see start seeing carbon?
Renewable sources of energy will account for 24% of the nation's energy in 2023, more than double what it was a decade ago.
About $12 billion will build technology that can reduce emissions. But some worry it's being hijacked to keep U.S. burning fossil fuels.
U.S. is investing billions in "carbon capture" technologies. So far, there's not much to show for it.
Some climate experts say drastic times call for drastic measures. But would these geoengineering plans help or hurt the planet?