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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
ENN

Biden's offshore wind directive doesn’t end industry’s uncertainty in Southeast

The president issued a directive to the Interior Department Wednesday to “advance clean energy development” in federal waters off Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, but it’s unclear how it would evade a Trump-era ban.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 21 July 2022
ENN

Q&A: Virginia conservationist on the 'fundamental conflict' between climate and consumerism

Brian Czech, president of the Arlington County-based Center for the Advancement of a Steady State Economy, explains the principles of a steady-state economy and its potential for the environment.

By Elizabeth McGowan . 21 July 2022
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: A chat with Nexus Circular CEO Jodie Morgan

Plus, climatetech career moves at AES Clean Energy, Leeward, Evolugen, Volta, Solarcycle, Energize Ventures and more.

By Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano . 21 July 2022
Clean fleets

USPS ups electric truck order to 40% of its new fleet

Critics say the Postal Service should be buying far more electric vehicles, but the new plan is a big jump over the previous order of just 10% EVs.

By Maria Gallucci . 20 July 2022
ENN

Vermont moves to become first state to phase out linear fluorescent lights

The new law prohibits the long, tube-shaped bulbs beginning in 2024 and was praised by energy efficiency advocates, who encourage LEDs as a safer, cheaper, longer-lasting, and widely available alternative.

By Lisa Prevost . 20 July 2022
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.

By Maria Gallucci . 20 July 2022
ENN

In Indiana, solar net metering rules go from bad to worse

Changes being ushered in by utilities go beyond what the industry had been bracing for in the wake of a 2017 law that gutted net metering in the state. Advocates are challenging the interpretation by state regulators.

By Kari Lydersen . 19 July 2022
Clean energy

Clean-energy workers demand assurances on abortion care benefits

Most cleantech and renewables firms have avoided public statements on the rollback of abortion rights. Now employees are asking them to clarify their stances.

By Julian Spector . 19 July 2022