Marine transport
Zero-emissions cargo shipping catches on in cities and port communities
Los Angeles and Long Beach are now joined by Minneapolis, home to retail giant Target, in asking importers to slash all shipping emissions by 2030.
Emissions reduction
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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Emissions reduction
Chart: Net-zero targets have gone global — but how meaningful are they?
National pledges to cut emissions to zero now cover 91% of the global economy, but many of them are too vague and reliant on offsets and carbon removal.
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Emissions reduction
California could ban new gas heaters after 2030. The goal: Healthier air
Ditching fossil-gas furnaces and water heaters isn't just good for the climate. Research shows it's a smart move for human health.
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Emissions reduction
Open-sourcing the grid emissions data needed for 24/7 clean energy
Startup Singularity is sharing data on hourly U.S. power-grid emissions. It wants energy markets, governments and companies like Google and Microsoft to use it — and to disclose their own data too.
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Emissions reduction
Chart: Which sectors will drive biggest emission cuts under climate bill?
The Inflation Reduction Act is expected to spur big greenhouse gas reductions in transportation, electricity, industry and more. See a sector-by-sector breakdown.
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Carbon capture
Meet a startup that plans to use mining waste to capture carbon dioxide
Travertine Technologies has backing from Stripe’s carbon-removal fund for a novel system to store CO2 in discarded rocks and help clean up the mining industry.
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Marine transport
Cargo ships are notoriously dirty. A new bill aims to clean them up
The Clean Shipping Act, proposed this week in Congress, would curb CO2 pollution from shipping and accelerate the adoption of nascent technologies.
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Podcast
We need to talk about permafrost and its impact on the climate
A country-sized source of carbon emissions is starting to be released.
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Air travel
Can battery-powered airplanes decarbonize air travel?
A new study says not likely, but electric aircraft still have a role to play in cleaning up the aviation industry.
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Guest Essay
5 things to know about the Supreme Court’s recent climate ruling
The West Virginia v. EPA decision still allows the EPA to regulate CO2 from power plants, but the process will be slow — and it won’t happen without a fight.
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