Politics
3 ways Minnesota is crushing it on climate action
The Midwestern state has passed a barrage of policies in recent days and months meant to cut carbon emissions from the state's buildings, cars and electricity system.
Maria Gallucci is a clean energy reporter at Canary Media, where she covers hard-to-decarbonize sectors and efforts to make the energy transition more affordable and equitable. She was most recently a contributing writer for Grist and IEEE Spectrum, and was previously a staff reporter for InsideClimate News, Mashable, and Mexico City newspapers. Her reporting has taken her across the Americas and inside cargo ships, power plants, and nuclear waste facilities. She was the 2017-2018 Energy Journalism Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and a 2021 TED speaker. Maria graduated from Ohio University and now resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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Public transit
This East Coast bus depot will make its own carbon-free fuel
The project, located in Maryland's most populous county, will use a solar microgrid to produce enough "green" hydrogen for 13 new fuel-cell buses.
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Clean industry
An Alabama plant is now churning out low-carbon concrete
CarbonBuilt kicked off production with its novel tech, which it claims can reduce overall CO2 emissions from concrete-making by 70 to 100 percent.
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Fossil fuels
Vermont is moving from fuel oil to clean heat
The state legislature in Vermont overruled the governor’s veto to pass a law that will curb greenhouse gas emissions from heating homes and other buildings.
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Food and farms
The investment boom in ‘renewable natural gas’ is sparking debate
Oil and gas giants are spending billions to develop RNG projects from trash, food and manure. But experts say there’s a limited future for the waste-derived fuel.
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Fossil fuels
New York passes first statewide ban on gas in new buildings
The first-in-the-nation law takes aim at a major source of carbon emissions and air pollution starting in 2026, but it doesn't affect existing buildings.
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Transportation
California adopts first-ever rules to decarbonize freight trains
All new locomotives operating in California will have to be zero-emissions by 2035. But rail operators say the technology isn’t ready to roll just yet.
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Carbon capture
EPA rules may push power plants to capture carbon. Is the tech ready?
The Biden administration is poised to propose new regulations for coal- and gas-burning power plants, which could breathe new life into a long-beleaguered technology.
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Marine transport
This common chemical could help shipping giants start to decarbonize
“Green” methanol is gaining favor as a lower-carbon way to power cargo ships. But we’re going to need a lot more of it for the plan to work.
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Policy & regulation
Berkeley’s landmark gas ban overturned, ripple effects may be limited
More than 100 U.S. municipalities have passed policies to restrict fossil-fuel use in buildings, though only about 25 cities have followed Berkeley’s model.
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