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The Australian town ditching the power companies and going off-grid

Australia may be wedded to coal, but one town in the country's east wants to carve out its own future, no fossil fuels in sight.

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<p>Wind turbines, such as this one in France, are the top source of renewable energy among corporate buyers but solar energy is on the rise.</p>

Renewable energy wins over big businesses in US

Despite President Trump's call for a coal power renaissance, companies like GM, Target and Starbucks are following Google and Apple in deals for solar and wind energy.

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<p>A few dozen drone hubs could handle deliveries of small packages for much of the San Francisco Bay Area, potentially reducing greenhouse gas emissions, researchers have found.</p>

Amazon's delivery drones could cut greenhouse gas emissions

They're still more a dream than reality, but aerial delivery drones could release less of the gases that lead to climate change, like carbon dioxide, researchers find.

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Ikea is selling solar batteries in the UK

The batteries are for the storage of energy collected by rooftop solar panels.

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<p>Al Gore, promoting his new movie about dealing with climate change, jokingly prays Donald Trump will be voted out of office in 2020.</p>

Trump? Whatever. Al Gore says we'll cope with climate change

Plugging his new movie, "An Inconvenient Sequel," the former vice president says technology and politics can overcome the president's stance.

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<p>Computer boards awaiting to be dismantled as recyclable waste at the Electronic Recyclers International plant in Holliston, Massachusetts. </p>

Apple vows to end mining and use only recycled materials

The company cites concern for the planet's future as the chief motivation for the shift.

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BMW to add 100-ish EV charging stations to national parks

I'm sure there's a good joke about hippies to throw in here somewhere.

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<p>Amazon is installing solar panels on 15 warehouses in 2017.</p>

​Amazon turns warehouse roofs into solar power stations

Fifteen warehouses with solar panels will crank out 41 megawatts of power -- and mean you won't have to pay as much for Amazon services.

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How to buy the best electric car

There's plenty to consider before buying your first electric car. Let's look at your choices.

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Tomatoes grown in Australian desert from sunshine and seawater

Using salt water and sunlight, Sundrop Farms is able to produce 15 million kilograms (33 million pounds) of tomatoes a year from the Australian desert.

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Nikola Motor Company's electric truck just became a lot harder to sell

The startup has abruptly changed course with its battery-electric truck, opting for a hydrogen fuel-cell power train, instead. Hmm.

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<p>This obviously isn't what it looks like on the molecular level, but it gives you a good idea of how everything's arranged within the modified COF.</p>

This new battery innovation could speed EV charging, extend range

Researchers at Northwestern University believe they've constructed a material that encompasses the best of both batteries and supercapacitors.

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Help, my PC with Windows 10 won't shut down properly

Since upgrading to Windows 10 my computer won't shut down properly. I use the menu button shutdown and the screen goes blank, but the system does not fully shut down. The only way to get it to shut down is to hold the physical power button down till it shuts down. Any suggestions?