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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.

By Sarah Wesseler . 13 March 2023
Video

Video: Canary talks home electrification on The Weather Channel

Watch staff writer Alison Takemura share tips on how to make your electrified, energy-efficient dream home a reality.

By Alison F. Takemura . 10 March 2023
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.

By Julian Spector, Maria Virginia Olano . 10 March 2023
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.

By Emily Pontecorvo . 10 March 2023
Batteries

Itochu quietly assembled a gigantic home battery network in Japan

The conglomerate controls a 36,000-unit virtual power plant. Up next? Unleashing it to help the national grid decarbonize.

By Julian Spector . 9 March 2023
Clean industry

DOE launches $6B program to slash emissions from heavy industry

The Biden administration announced it will help fund projects to clean up the production of steel, cement, aluminum and other hard-to-decarbonize sectors.

By Maria Gallucci . 9 March 2023
ENN

What the guilty verdicts in the HB 6 corruption case mean for energy policy and good government in Ohio

Experts see the case against former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges as a test of limits on dark money in Ohio politics as usual.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 9 March 2023
ENN

Chicago-area partnership casts a wide net to recruit and train the electricians of the future

A family member introduced a young Elbert Walters III to the opportunities of the local electrical workers’ union. Now the executive director of Powering Chicago, Walters is working to diversify the field through a collaborative training center and mobile learning lab.

By Audrey Henderson . 9 March 2023
Hydropower

Giant 1GW pumped-hydro energy storage project enters final review

Planned for White Pine County, Nevada by developer rPlus, it would be one of the first large-scale pumped-hydro projects built in the U.S. in decades.

By Julian Spector . 8 March 2023
Energy efficiency

Google's huge solar buys help fund efficiency fixes for low-income homes

In partnership with Sol Systems, the tech giant is using a slice of its clean-energy investments for repairs and efficiency upgrades in lower-income communities.

By Jeff St. John . 8 March 2023