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The 12 Most Read E&E News Stories of 2021

This year’s most read stories cover the spectrum on energy and environment issues — from electric vehicles to blue crabs to clean energy. But in all the stories, the escalating impact of climate change is evident. Start with this year’s #1 most read story below.

Mississippi Power's Kemper County energy facility in 2015. Energywire
The Kemper project just collapsed. What it signifies for CCS

By Kristi E. Swartz | 10/26/2021 07:11 AM EDT

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Construction worker Fidel Guzman protests Texas’ S.B. 14 this summer. Climatewire
‘People can die’: Texas bill would strip worker water breaks

By Ariel Wittenberg | 08/17/2021 06:40 AM EDT

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Queen Quet, chieftess and head of state of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, sees her people's homelands succumbing to rising seas and rising condominiums. The state of South Carolina wants to save its coast, too, but for other reasons. Climatewire
‘The ocean is coming.’ A chieftess sees her islands sink

By Daniel Cusick | 06/16/2021 06:59 AM EDT

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Rivian's first vehicle intended for a regular customer rolled out of the electric automaker's factory in Normal, Ill., this week. Energywire
Rivian is coming. Here’s why it matters

By David Ferris | 09/20/2021 06:58 AM EDT

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An electric car charging. Energywire
Want an EV charger? Good luck finding one, study says

By David Ferris | 08/09/2021 07:19 AM EDT

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Deepwater Wind's turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I. Energywire
Offshore wind grid woes may be worse than previously thought

By Heather Richards | 12/06/2021 07:50 AM EST

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Solar and Wind. Climatewire
Congress eyes $235B in clean energy subsidies. Here they are

By Benjamin Storrow | 10/26/2021 06:29 AM EDT

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Blue crabs Greenwire
Mysterious blue crab shortage spawns big-time sticker shock

By Rob Hotakainen | 07/21/2021 01:30 PM EDT

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The J.M. Stuart Station is seen next to the Ohio River a year after it closed. Climatewire
‘Urban myth’: Can Congress replace coal with renewables?

By Benjamin Storrow | 11/29/2021 06:34 AM EST

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Climeworks Orca direct air capture facility in Hellisheidi in Iceland. Climatewire
Carbon removal technology reaches early milestone

By Corbin Hiar | 09/07/2021 06:25 AM EDT

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National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Greenwire
Huge Arctic oil find makes waves

By Heather Richards | 09/01/2021 01:47 PM EDT

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Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Scherer. Energywire
Nation’s 3rd-largest utility to shut down half of coal fleet

By Kristi E. Swartz | 11/05/2021 07:16 AM EDT

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