Policy & regulation

Guest essay

Build Back Better Act would reduce the burden of household energy costs

The big budget bill being debated by Congress would help tackle climate change and also make clean electricity more affordable for strapped households.

By Maria Castillo, Jon Rea, Uday Varadarajan . 4 October 2021
Clean industry

This startup wants to use cheap surplus clean energy to make high-temperature industrial heat

California-based Rondo has plans to decarbonize cement production and much more.

By Ingrid Lobet . 30 September 2021
Clean industry

Newsletter: Cleaning up steel, quicker than we thought possible

Plus, game-changing grid equipment and the overhaul of a Trump-era policy bode well for renewables.

By Julian Spector . 30 September 2021
Clean energy

Clean energy gets a boost from FERC decision on controversial Trump-era rule

Federal energy regulators' punt on the “MOPR” is good news for renewables in mid-Atlantic states — especially offshore wind.

By Jeff St. John . 29 September 2021
Clean industry

Steelmakers forge ahead on cleaning up their notoriously dirty industry

From miners to automakers, steel industry players are starting to come together to make "green steel" the new norm.

By Ingrid Lobet . 28 September 2021
Air travel

Newsletter: High-flying electric aviation startups enthrall investors

But is a whole new category of transportation the best way to help the climate?

By Julian Spector . 28 September 2021
Transportation

Uber and Lyft are hurting, not helping, the climate and society

If you care about livable cities and a livable climate, ride-hailing is not the answer, according to a new study.

By David Roberts . 27 September 2021
Carbon-free buildings

Cement is terrible for the climate. California just passed a law to fix that

A first-in-the-nation law will force a 40% reduction in the carbon-intensity of cement, which is now responsible for about 8% of greenhouse gas emissions.

By Ingrid Lobet . 27 September 2021
Corporate procurement

Newsletter: Big Tech is thinking hard about how — and where — to clean up the grid

Google and Microsoft face a raft of complexities as they choose how to invest their prodigious clean-energy budgets.

By Julian Spector . 23 September 2021
Policy & regulation

Illinois' new climate bill is ambitious, justice-focused and a model for the nation

Environmental justice advocates laid the groundwork with years of grassroots organizing, then hashed out details with labor, renewables companies and lawmakers.

By David Roberts . 22 September 2021