Fossil fuels

Fossil fuels

Hawaii just got rid of coal power for good

Next up: finding new roles for coal plant workers — and keeping the lights on during a global energy crisis.

By Julian Spector . 1 September 2022
Fossil fuels

EPA should crack down on fossil-fueled heating, climate groups argue

A coalition of activists is petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to phase out furnaces and water heaters that burn gas and oil.

By Emily Pontecorvo . 26 August 2022
Electrification

How much money can you save under the new climate law?

Rewiring America CEO Ari Matusiak breaks down the discounts, credits and incentives available to homeowners in the Inflation Reduction Act.

By Maria Virginia Olano, Julia Pyper . 25 August 2022
Solar

Hawaii's biggest solar+battery plant comes online — just in time

Despite supply-chain hurdles and other hiccups, developer Clearway Energy was able to get the solar-and-storage facility running before Oahu's last coal plant closes.

By Julian Spector . 15 August 2022
Nuclear

Should California keep its last nuclear plant open? The battle is back

Is the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant vital to a clean and reliable grid, or a costly threat to environmental and energy goals? State lawmakers have less than three weeks to decide.

By Jeff St. John . 15 August 2022
Utilities

Utilities are planning to shift to clean energy — just not too quickly

CEO of electricity research group EPRI says U.S. utilities are poised to go big on solar, wind and batteries — but they aren't ready to give up their gas and coal plants just yet.

By Julian Spector . 22 July 2022
Fossil fuels

Chart: Which power sources are most deadly? Hint — not solar and wind

Fossil fuels kill far more people than renewables and nuclear — and that's just counting deaths from air pollution and accidents, not climate disasters.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 22 July 2022
Fossil fuels

Puerto Rico is pushing LNG when it says it's shifting to renewables

The U.S. territory has pledged to transition to clean energy, but it backed a controversial liquefied natural gas terminal and may increase LNG imports.

By Maria Gallucci . 5 July 2022
Climate crisis

Chart: Most voters support EPA limiting CO2 pollution from power plants

A hefty majority of likely voters dissent from the Supreme Court’s latest ruling on climate action.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 1 July 2022
Utilities

Supreme Court hamstrings federal efforts to clean up US power sector

The same six justices who overturned Roe v. Wade undercut Biden's climate agenda by restricting EPA's authority to rein in emissions from electricity production.

By Jeff St. John . 30 June 2022