Politics
How West Virginia stands to gain from Biden’s climate agenda
The policies proposed in the reconciliation bill could benefit Sen. Manchin's state enormously.
David Roberts is editor-at-large at Canary Media. He writes about clean energy and politics at his newsletter, Volts. Previously, he covered the same subjects for five years at Vox, and before that for 10 years at Grist. He lives in Seattle with his wife, two teens, two dogs and a cat.
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Climate crisis
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Policy & regulation
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Policy & regulation
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Long-duration energy storage
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VC darling Form Energy's unproven path to market could become a model.
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Fossil fuels
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The subsidy that helps the sector the most both pads profits and protects companies against risk.
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Climate crisis
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Clean electrification at warp speed for the next decade is the most important thing of all.
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Climate crisis
There is no such thing as 'moderate' climate policy
Bold climate action is radical, but inaction is even more radical.
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Long-duration energy storage
Long-duration energy storage can help clean up the grid, but only if it's super cheap
To compete with clean firm generation, long-duration storage needs to come down massively in price.
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Solar
Why rooftop solar and home batteries make a clean grid vastly more affordable
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