Alexander Kaufman

Alexander C. Kaufman

Contributing Reporter .

Alexander C. Kaufman is a contributing reporter at Canary Media. He is an award-winning writer who has covered energy and climate change for more than a decade. His reporting has traversed four continents, with dispatches from the Brazilian Amazon to Greenland’s ice sheet, Mongolia’s frigid steppe to the Philippines’ mothballed nuclear plant. A fourth-generation New Yorker, he lives in southern Brooklyn with his wife and daughter. Reach him via his website www.alexanderckaufman.com, follow him on X at @AlexCKaufman or Bluesky at @alexckaufman.bsky.social, and subscribe to his newsletter at kaufman.substack.com.

Geothermal

In a geothermal milestone, Zanskar claims major discovery in Nevada

The firm says it has found an unknown, untapped geothermal resource that is viable using conventional drilling — a first in the U.S. in more than 30 years.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 4 December 2025
Hydrogen

Exxon halts plans for massive low-carbon hydrogen facility in Texas

The sector has faced setback after setback under the Trump administration, which pulled funding for Exxon’s “blue” hydrogen project earlier this year.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 1 December 2025
Hydropower

Brookfield inks hydro contract with Microsoft in latest Big Tech deal

The announcement follows Brookfield’s record-setting hydro deal with Google — and could help fund upgrades to certain hydroelectric facilities facing relicensing.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 20 November 2025
Green steel

Chinese and European industry groups to decide on green-steel standards

Organizations representing about 60% of global steel production are collaborating on a framework to measure the climate impacts of making the metal.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 17 November 2025
Policy & regulation

NYC’s next mayor Zohran Mamdani has a big climate policy to-do list

The mayor-elect did not talk a lot about climate change on the campaign trail. But the city has major electrification plans that he can help accelerate.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 6 November 2025
Green steel

Europe’s flagship green-steel project gets a financial lifeline

French hydrogen investor Hy24 stepped in to help fund Swedish firm Stegra whose plant, if completed, will be the first large-scale steel mill using clean hydrogen.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 31 October 2025
Green steel

Despite Trump troubles, Hyundai charges ahead with green-steel project

Even after an immigration raid on its Georgia facility and dimmed prospects for hydrogen, Hyundai is committed to its $6B low-carbon steel plant in Louisiana.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 29 October 2025
Hydrogen

China moves to supercharge green hydrogen as US pulls back

The country's new policy is likely to boost the production of green hydrogen, which the country aims to use to decarbonize airplanes, ships, and heavy industry.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 28 October 2025
Geothermal

California can’t get out of its own way on geothermal

In a head-scratching move, Newsom vetoed popular legislation that would have spurred geothermal projects in the heat-rich state, but developers aren’t giving up.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 27 October 2025
Transmission

Trump admin approves $1.6B in financing for AEP transmission project

In a rare example of continuity on energy policy, Trump’s DOE finalized the Biden-era loan to upgrade 5,000 miles of power lines across the Midwest.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 16 October 2025

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Alexander C. Kaufman

In a geothermal milestone, Zanskar claims major discovery in Nevada

Exxon halts plans for massive low-carbon hydrogen facility in Texas

Brookfield inks hydro contract with Microsoft in latest Big Tech deal

Chinese and European industry groups to decide on green-steel standards

NYC’s next mayor Zohran Mamdani has a big climate policy to-do list

Europe’s flagship green-steel project gets a financial lifeline

Despite Trump troubles, Hyundai charges ahead with green-steel project

China moves to supercharge green hydrogen as US pulls back

California can’t get out of its own way on geothermal

Trump admin approves $1.6B in financing for AEP transmission project