A report from the Rocky Mountain Institute and General Motors pushes for support to develop technologies in, and to help drivers buy vehicles fitted for, electric Ubers and Lyfts and Vias and such.
Energy without emissions causes more job creation and less climate risks. To expand across the recovering nation, energy needs to come with priorities, prices and placements that emphasize justice for people who have lived with systematic racism. In this summary and exploration, scholar Dan Kammen lays out the case for...
The United Kingdom's promising to phase out internal-combustion-engine vehicles, which means manufacture of car batteries needs to ramp - and, in the town of Blyth, already has. This credulous December 10 article sizes up plans to make batteries in a Northern town- in part thanks to the robust electric grid there.
Two YSE students pick up on a pledge in Joe Biden's climate plan, spelling out how it can reduce asthma and emissions by removing tons of pollution from the air each school day. (This depends on getting schools safely fully open again...)
What happens when a 100-year-old electric system runs into a 100-year pandemic?
When an economy freezes, does it chill utility executives' ability to transform their energy sources? Macky McCleary, who directs energy, telecommunications and infrastructure for consulting firm Guidehouse, says the world will have to keep drawing more and more power from fossil-free sources- but he also warns that the United States...
Jeffrey Schub urges Congress to seed jobs of the future by capitalizing a National Climate Bank.
Projects to succeed fossil fuel can put millions to work in the wake of the Covid-19 shutdown. Politicians who embrace that idea, argues Coalition for Green Capital Executive Director Jeffrey Schub, can find a clap on the metaphorical back from the public. With polls showing three-fourths of a bipartisan sample...
The Renewable Thermal Alliance (RTA) recently announced its 2019 Innovation Grant recipients. Each one earned $15,000 to work on ways to make heat pumps and other renewable sources of heat more popular. Two webinars in April showcased what they've done and what they'll do next.
For Joseph Fiordaliso, progress toward a fossil-free economy flows from top-level leadership to street-level entrepreneurship.
What's on the horizon for New Jersey after the Covid-19 crisis? When we spoke with Joseph Fiordaliso, the president of the state's Board of Public Utilities, the vision includes electric cars and buses, wind turbines in the ocean, and busy factories making wind-energy equipment. A Newark native with a crackly...
