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.
Policy & regulation
Hydrogen
Is cheap, clean hydrogen possible? The ‘green hydrogen’ battle, continued
Big oil and energy companies say strict rules for hydrogen tax credits could kill a nascent industry. Clean-energy advocates say that’s dead wrong.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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