Carbon capture
'High-quality' carbon-removal tech will be focus for new industry group
The Carbon Removal Alliance is all about practical and permanent solutions for capturing CO2 — shady offsets and short-term schemes need not apply.
Emissions reduction
Emissions reduction
Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule
The proposed rule would regulate emissions from existing power plants for the first time. If it passes legal hurdles, what will it mean for U.S. power plants?
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Marine transport
America's pandemic shopping haul arrived on dirty cargo ships
A new report assesses the environmental toll of transporting goods for Walmart, Target, Home Depot and other major U.S. retailers in the frenzied year of 2021.
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Air travel
United’s $100M fund to invest in startups making sustainable jet fuel
United Airlines is launching an investment vehicle to support proven producers and emerging developers of sustainable aviation fuel in a bid to curb emissions.
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Marine transport
Electrifying US ports could drive sharp cuts in air pollution
A new analysis finds that cities near some of the busiest U.S. ports could see major health benefits if the facilities powered ships and trucks with electricity.
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Emissions reduction
Carbon credits could soon help fund distributed clean energy projects
Voluntary carbon offset markets are under fire. WattCarbon CEO McGee Young sees heat pump retrofits, demand response and community solar as a better target.
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Video
Video: NYC residents have cleaner air after ditching gas stoves
A pilot study at a public-housing complex in the Bronx found that air quality drastically improved in apartments that switched to electric induction stoves.
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Long-duration energy storage
Xcel to install Form’s long-duration batteries at retiring coal plants
The utility is testing Form’s 100-hour storage tech to achieve its lofty carbon-reduction goals — and at a scale bigger than nearly any battery plant on earth.
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Carbon-free buildings
VC firm Fifth Wall to bankroll deployment of carbon-free building tech
Despite the building sector's massive emissions, little investment has flowed into real-estate decarbonization so far. Fifth Wall wants to change that.
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Carbon capture
More NYC high-rises to be outfitted with novel carbon-capture system
Startup CarbonQuest had a successful pilot project in a New York City apartment building and now has a contract to roll out its technology at more buildings.
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Climate crisis
US carbon emissions rose in 2022. Can clean energy get them on track?
Historic investments in renewable energy will help the U.S. get closer to halving emissions by 2030, but there's a lot more work to do, a new report warns.
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