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Can Solar Energy Save the Planet?

Can Solar Energy Save the Planet?

Update: 2025-11-21
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Climate summits such as the ongoing COP30 conference can often seem like a place where countries agree to disagree and little gets done. But Bill McKibben says there’s one key reason for hope: the sun. New advances in panels and battery technology mean solar power will soon provide a growing share of our electricity consumption. 


McKibbon is the author of the new book Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization.


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Christina Lu: How China Became a Solar Power


Joseph Rachman and Indra Øverland: A Power-Hungry Southeast Asia Wants China’s Energy


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Jason Bordoff and Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh: AI’s Rapacious Appetite for Electricity Can Accelerate Clean Energy

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James Tidwell

Scrote hugger interview.

Nov 26th
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Can Solar Energy Save the Planet?

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