Policy & regulation

Policy & regulation

Senate confirms Willie Phillips to FERC, giving Democrats a majority

The federal agency can now tackle its backlog of decisions to make on natural gas, transmission, interstate energy markets and more.

By Jeff St. John . 17 November 2021
Politics

What does Glenn Youngkin's win in Virginia mean for clean energy?

The incoming Republican governor expressed skepticism about Virginia’s 100% clean energy law but said he supports a massive offshore wind project.

By Julian Spector . 17 November 2021
Transmission

New transmission tech can easily double clean energy capacity. Will utilities buy it?

Startup TS Conductor says its product can boost electricity transmission without costly rebuilds. Policy shifts from U.S. regulators would help.

By Jeff St. John . 17 November 2021
Clean industry

Changing up the recipe to make low-carbon cement

Startup Brimstone Energy swaps in a climate-friendly replacement for limestone.

By Ingrid Lobet . 16 November 2021
Opinion

COP26 finance pledges are not as great as they seem

But where private-sector bankers faltered, public funders stepped up.

By Justin Guay . 16 November 2021
Climate crisis

Reason to have hope on climate: 'We are bending the curve'

A conversation on ‘Pod Save America’ about COP26, Build Back Better, super-apocalyptic eventualities avoided and more.

By David Roberts . 16 November 2021
Climate crisis

The top 10 climate commitments from COP26

Julia Pyper, host of the Political Climate podcast, on her key takeaways from the final days of the summit in Glasgow.

By Julia Pyper . 16 November 2021
Climate crisis

Don't buy into the gloomy COP26 rhetoric

Momentum on climate action is picking up, and lots of efforts are heading in the right direction.

By David Roberts . 15 November 2021
Climatetech finance

Jigar Shah has a new strategy to boost climatetech through DOE loans

The serial entrepreneur, who now leads the loan program at the Department of Energy, has $46B to invest in long-shot decarbonization bets.

By Jeff St. John . 15 November 2021
Climate crisis

Turn on, tune in, COP out

The big climate summit is over. Now out with the talkers, in with the doers. Plus: Catch the first episodes of our new podcasts.

By Julian Spector . 15 November 2021