Coal will probably continue to decline as a fuel for U.S. power plants, the secretary of energy said Friday, but it might supply the rare earth elements needed in batteries that support renewables.
The secretary announced a $64 million Coal FIRST…
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Innovative carbon-capture projects are ready to launch in the U.S., according to experts gathered yesterday by the Atlantic Council, but they are waiting for IRS guidance expected since fall.
The guidance should resolve uncertainty over how companies…
Fossil-fuel companies are doing all they can to thwart the development of renewable energy, a renewables developer said this week, but renewables now have the clout to fight back.
“The battle of fossil vs. clean energy is on,” said Craig Gordon, the…
There will be more than enough batteries in electric vehicles by 2050 to support a grid that runs on solar and wind—if the two are connected by smart chargers, according to experts at the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Electric vehicles are…
Known for his peaceful demeanor, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon expressed anger Friday at President Trump for withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Agreement.
Ban cited youth activists Greta Thunberg and Severn Cullis-Suzuki as his…
Most of the greenhouse-gas emissions in the world’s tropical countries derive from environmental destruction, and according to a new report, those emissions could be reversed relatively easily and cheaply through improved stewardship.
But natural…
It’s too easy to assume Californians support progressive climate policies because their politics skew left. According to one of the state’s leading climate officials, the state once governed by Nixon and Reagan embraces climate policy for reasons…
Economists of all stripes love carbon pricing. They see it as market repair rather than market interference. They describe it with terms like “simple,” “powerful,” “elegant” and “fabulous.”
But many politicians, wary of knee-jerk opposition to taxes,…
