Food and farms
Chemical fertilizer is a climate disaster. Can high-tech biology fix it?
Startup Pivot Bio has developed a smarter way to get nitrogen to crops, and it has a new CEO who aims to supercharge growth.
Climate crisis
Solar
He couldn’t install solar at home, so he helps nonprofits do it instead
This solar champion shows community groups how to tap Inflation Reduction Act incentives so they can afford solar panels.
John Smillie started helping nonprofits get solar panels after he found couldn’t install them on his own roof. (Photo courtesy of John Smillie)
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Utilities
Who pays when utilities get sued over wildfires?
With fire risk on the rise and neglected utility equipment sparking more deadly conflagrations, all electricity customers may be left holding the bag.
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Carbon capture
Ebb Carbon wants to pull CO2 from the sky with electricity and seawater
The California startup is operating a first-of-a-kind system at a Pacific coast lab to bring more scientific certainty to nascent ocean carbon removal.
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Climate crisis
Chart: The US can't meet its climate goals unless states step up
But if the 24 states with aggressive emissions-reduction targets make good on their pledges, the country could get within striking distance of its 2030 commitment.
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Emissions reduction
The Inflation Reduction Act will drive down emissions. But how much?
Models predict that the law will get the U.S. much closer to its climate goals — but just how close will depend on how quickly it drives down power-sector emissions. -
Liquefied natural gas
Small Gulf Coast communities pay the price of booming LNG exports
The U.S. is now the world’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas, a superlative that carries a heavy cost for towns across southern Louisiana.
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Clean energy
White House proposes new rule to speed up clean energy permitting
The Biden administration issued a plan to tweak a key environmental law in the hopes that changes will help clean energy projects move faster.
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Culture
This Atlanta duo has a theory to drive climate action: Make it cool
Klean Energy Kulture, founded by a chart-topping producer and a seasoned organizer, aims to take a new approach to engaging Black Americans on climate issues.
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Climate crisis
'Greenhushing' is the hot new trend in corporate climate shenanigans
Worried about lawsuits, big companies are withholding important information about their climate goals and their plans for meeting them.
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Transmission
Large swaths of the US grid could be vulnerable to blackouts this summer
Soaring temperatures could cause widespread electrical outages as power generation fails to keep up with demand.
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