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Food and farms

This super-tree could help feed the world and fight climate change

Startup Terviva aims to plant millions of pongamia — "miracle" trees that can grow on arid badlands and yield products similar to soybeans and olive oil.

By Michael Grunwald . 27 June 2022
Long-duration energy storage

Energy Dome is on the brink of a long-duration storage breakthrough

This Italian startup is speeding to market, unlike many of its competitors in the long-duration energy storage sector.

By Julian Spector . 28 June 2022
Solar

How rooftop solar got big: Sunrun hits milestone of 5 gigawatts installed

Canary talks to Sunrun CEO Mary Powell on the U.S. home-solar leader's first 15 years, its Ford electric truck partnership, and what comes next.

By Julian Spector . 28 June 2022
Hydrogen

US green hydrogen hub will put long-haul energy storage to the test

The ACES Delta project in Utah is betting billions of dollars that clean hydrogen can provide months of energy storage. Will it work?

By Jeff St. John . 30 June 2022
Utilities

Supreme Court hamstrings federal efforts to clean up US power sector

The same six justices who overturned Roe v. Wade undercut Biden's climate agenda by restricting EPA's authority to rein in emissions from electricity production.

By Jeff St. John . 30 June 2022
Podcast

How do we solve the energy storage problem?

In this crossover episode with How to Save a Planet, Shayle Kann takes a spin as a judge on a Shark Tank–style gameshow.

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By Shayle Kann . 48 min . 1 July 2022
Fossil fuels

Puerto Rico is pushing LNG when it says it's shifting to renewables

The U.S. territory has pledged to transition to clean energy, but it backed a controversial liquefied natural gas terminal and may increase LNG imports.

By Maria Gallucci . 5 July 2022
Climatetech finance

Intersect raises $750M to ditch PPAs and bet big on clean industry

The solar and storage developer plans to pivot from selling clean electrons to using them to power large-scale EV charging and clean up dirty industrial processes.

By Eric Wesoff . 12 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
Podcast

Are Biden’s climate ambitions in Congress dead?

After 18 months of negotiations, one Democratic senator may have finally crushed Biden’s legislative agenda for good.

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By Stephen Lacey . 19 July 2022