Policy & regulation

Climate crisis

New satellites can mitigate methane’s outsize impact on climate change

MethaneSat and Carbon Mapper could give governments and industry new ways to find methane emissions — and to determine the value of stopping them.

By Jeff St. John . 3 May 2021
Solar

Solar and AC and big banks, oh my!

Today's top stories from Canary Media.

By Julian Spector . 30 April 2021
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 . 29 April 2021
Electrification

Designing air conditioners that won’t cook the planet

The Global Cooling Prize awards $1 million to designs that shave energy, reduce global warming and could make AC more affordable and eco-friendly for billions.

By Jeff St. John . 29 April 2021
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 . 29 April 2021
Solar

Instant permits for home solar? There's a SolarApp for that

A DOE-funded app aims to ease solar permitting to cut costs, and it's spreading to more cities and counties.

By Emma Foehringer Merchant . 29 April 2021
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 . 28 April 2021
Transmission

Biden administration boosts support for transmission jobs and clean energy benefits

An ACEG report finds that interstate transmission projects could drive 1.2 million jobs and increase wind and solar capacity by 50 percent. A new $8.25 billion federal loan commitment could help.

By Jeff St. John . 28 April 2021
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 . 27 April 2021
Policy & regulation

Green 'liberty' bonds: The American way to win the war on climate change?

Taking a lesson from the World War II financing playbook to combat the climate crisis.

By Jean Haggerty . 26 April 2021