The Two Biggest Threats To The Natural-Gas Boom
The International Energy Agency is bullish on natural gas, but IEA's executive director warns there are two threats to its potential growth.
View ArticleThe World Won't Achieve Paris Targets Without 'Huge Technological...
The executive director of the International Energy Agency said he would be "too diplomatic" if he told us the Paris Agreement temperature targets could still be met.
View ArticleHow Trump Signed Something That Could Actually Mitigate Climate Change
In an otherwise dour outlook on the world's chances of recovering from climate change, the International Energy Agency director named one bright prospect that arrived this year bearing President...
View ArticleNuclear, Fossil Fuels Have Dominated Federal Energy R&D Spending
Nuclear energy has been the recipient of almost half of the federal government's energy research and development spending since 1948, according to a new assessment from the Congressional Research...
View Article'Now There's No Regulator,' Former EPA Head Says
Companies have to take the lead on environmental regulation now that it's clear the federal government won't do it, former EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson said.
View ArticleNuclear Operators Scramble To Make Reactors Flexible Enough For New Energy...
Nuclear operators are scrambling to keep nuclear plants, typically either all-the-way on or all-the-way off, alive in an emerging electricity market that puts a premium on flexibility.
View ArticleCommunity Choice Is Driving California's Precocious Energy Revolution
California is on track to meet its clean-energy goals a decade early thanks in part to communities demanding and delivering renewable energy faster and cheaper than utilities can, a new report says.
View ArticleCanada Envisions Small Nuclear Reactors Producing Power And Hydrogen In...
Imagine villages in the Canadian wilderness powered by small nuclear reactors that also provide the fuel for homes, cars, trucks, and trains.
View ArticleWeWork Was Right To Go Vegetarian
Fundamentally we are making the same mistake whether we’re sucking carbon out of the ground and spewing it into the atmosphere or slaughtering animals by the billions and flushing them down the toilet.
View ArticleHow NBC Bungled The Science When It Attacked WeWork's Vegetarian Policy
Writing for NBC, science journalist Erin Biba criticizes WeWork for relying on a single Oxford study in its decision to ban meat, but then Biba relies on a single University of California San Diego...
View ArticleIf You're Heating With Propane Or Oil, Study Says, Go Electric
Analysts were studying the carbon benefits of switching homes to electric heating when they discovered financial benefits too, in some homes.
View ArticleMuch Of The Grid Clean Enough To Electrify Home Heating
In some American cities the electric grid is already clean enough that carbon emissions would drop if homes converted to electric heating, according to a new study by the Rocky Mountain Institute.
View ArticleTwo Reasons Tesla May Not Be To Blame For California's Solar Slowdown
California's residential solar installations plunged in 2017 for the first time in recent history, and some experts believe Tesla's acquisition of SolarCity is to blame.
View ArticleThe Two Technologies That Can Clinch Electrification
To convince people to cut the cord to natural gas, electric technologies may have to do everything gas can do—better.
View ArticleSolar Installers Should Bundle Panels With Heat Pumps, Study Says
Solar installers could offer rooftop customers even more savings by bundling solar panels with heat pumps and other electric home devices, according to a recent study by the Rocky Mountain Institute.
View ArticleCalifornia Is Drilling For Negative-Carbon Oil
The State of California is developing a protocol to reimburse fossil-fuel drilling operations when they use CO2 to enhance oil recovery and leave the CO2 underground permanently.
View ArticleInnovation Is Making Solar Panels Harder To Recycle
Solar panels are becoming less and less recyclable as the need for recycling them looms more and more.
View Article5 Ways City Transit Agencies Have Exploited Uber And Lyft
Bus ridership has plunged nationwide since ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft appeared, but about 30 cities have found ways to partner with the new companies to reach their transit goals in...
View Article5 Reasons Republicans Are Warming To Climate Action, And When They Will Act
Five recent developments are softening up Republicans to take action to mitigate climate change.
View Article3 Reasons Nuclear Power Plants Are More Expensive In The West (It's Not...
Nuclear reactors can cost twice as much in the United States and Europe than in Asian countries where the industry is flourishing, according to an analysis from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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