Guest essay
Utilities can’t be for the Paris Agreement and against building electrification
Energy companies are making a bad bet on fossil fuels in buildings. Investors don’t want to take the hit.
By Lila Holzman, Daniel Stewart .
Fossil fuels
Liquefied natural gas
The LNG export boom just hit a snag in Texas
A federal court has revoked a key permit for Sempra Energy, which plans to build an LNG facility in Port Arthur that could pollute Black and Latino communities.
By Lylla Younes .
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Climatetech finance
Mainspring Energy raises $95M for linear generators to clean up the grid
The startup envisions its novel technology as a linchpin of a distributed, resilient and renewable power grid.By Jeff St. John .
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Policy & regulation
PJM moves to curtail compliance with FERC policy that hinders state-subsidized clean energy
A long-running policy battle over the country’s biggest capacity market appears to be nearing an end. What the replacement policy will look like remains an open question.By Jeff St. John .
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Guest essay
Net-Zero Banking Alliance’s carbon commitment: The good, the bad and the missing-in-action
The latest global banking coalition aligned with the Paris Agreement lacks the ambition required to reach net-zero emissions.By Jeanne Martin .
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Clean industry
Joe Biden’s Green New Steel
Steel-making is one of the world's most carbon-intensive industries. New technologies and proactive policy interventions could change that.By Jay Stein .
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Climate crisis
Why US utilities must cut carbon emissions faster — and how data can help get it done
A new report from RMI sets a tough schedule for closing fossil-fueled power plants. Its Utility Transition Hub compiles the data to help find a way.By Jeff St. John .
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Climate crisis
The policy pathways to cut US carbon emissions in half by 2030
Energy Innovation's models show that technologies and policies can cost-effectively meet President Biden’s carbon-cutting commitments. The politics are another matter.By Jeff St. John .
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Clean energy
Pepsi and Mars want to squeeze carbon out of their supply chains
Long-overlooked supply chain emissions are getting new focus from the brands that depend on them.By Julian Spector .
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Climate crisis
IEA: Post-Covid carbon emissions on the rise
A reminder that carbon emissions must be decoupled from economic growth to yield persistent climate improvements.By Jeff St. John .
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Climatetech finance
Solar finance pioneer Jigar Shah to lead $40 billion DOE Loan Programs Office
“The technology will never be the bottleneck. The bottleneck is implementation and the ability to attract capital.”By Eric Wesoff .
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