Fossil fuels
Bay Area officials vote to ditch new gas furnaces and water heaters
Starting in 2027, San Francisco Bay Area regulators will require appliances to have zero emissions of nitrogen oxides, a move that effectively bans gas.
Fossil fuels
Fossil fuels
New York must chart new course for gas utilities to hit climate targets
They can’t keep spending on pipelines, and alternative fuels can’t scale. But electric heat and thermal networks could save utility business models and jobs.
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Fossil fuels
We know gas stoves have health risks. What about other gas appliances?
Amid the gas-stove hubbub, the health impacts of other gas appliances like furnaces, water heaters and dryers haven't gotten much attention. Here's a rundown.
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Clean energy
Chart: Clean energy to make up 84% of new US power capacity in 2023
Solar, wind, nuclear and grid batteries will account for nearly all power plant construction, with batteries beating gas for the first time.
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Podcast
What the oil and gas boom means for clean energy
Supermajors are doubling down on extraction and slowing investments in renewables. We try to make sense of the market shift.
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Podcast
Stunning new data on the economics of US coal vs. renewables
Only one coal plant in America is cheaper than new renewables. So why haven’t we ditched coal yet?
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Guest Essay
Gas stoves are a health hazard — and induction stoves just work better
Air-quality expert Brady Seals sums up decades of research and dispels some persistent myths.
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Podcast
50 years of studies prove gas stoves are bad for you. What's next?
A half-century of research on gas stoves shows they are equivalent to living in a house with secondhand smoke.
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Geothermal
Utilities may use their pipes for geothermal heat instead of gas
Several utilities in the Northeast already have pilots underway to explore a switch to networked geothermal. Will it help them ride out the energy transition?
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Liquefied natural gas
Chart: LNG expansion plans threaten global climate progress
The gas industry aims to dramatically expand capacity for exporting liquefied natural gas. That would be very bad news for the climate.
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Fossil fuels
Clean energy is cheaper than coal across the whole US, study finds
Almost every coal-fired power plant in the country could be cost-effectively replaced by local solar or wind and batteries, according to a groundbreaking new analysis.
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