2021

Human societies may be ill-prepared for climate change in part because they’re not preparing for the convergence of multiple disasters, experts said this week. And 2020 was a dress rehearsal.
“When you look at level of preparedness, people are…

The Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office “as of today, is back in business,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced this morning.
The new head of the office, which offers loans to energy ventures deemed too risky to attract…

NET Power’s prototype zero-emission natural-gas power plant works, the company’s CEO said today, announcing that construction will begin on the first four operating plants.
“In 2018 we were successful, and in 2018 we also showed that the whole cycle…

Seven Climate Actions That Also Improve Human Health

Millions of lives could be saved by the healthy effects of actions to mitigate climate change, and vice versa, according to a knighted expert on environmental health.
“Many of the strategies to decarbonize the economy can also bring near-term…