Climate crisis
Colorado’s compromise climate bill demands emissions cuts for electricity, industry and oil and gas
Buildings and vehicles won’t have strict emissions caps, but separate bills will help target those key sectors.
By Jeff St. John .
Climate crisis
Food and farms
Meati is turning fungi into climate-friendly steaks. Will diners bite?
The sustainable food startup just raised another $100 million to try and break through a tough market for alternative meats.
By Julian Spector .
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Climate crisis
Inside the industry-enviro partnership that scored a big climate win on HFCs
The US is now poised to curb use of super-climate-warming refrigerants, one of this century's most significant climate mitigation efforts.By Jay Stein .
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Solar
Newsletter: Solar power has a wildfire problem
Turns out solar panels are not great at coping with historic wildfires blotting out the sun with smoke.By Julian Spector .
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Climate crisis
Western wildfires suppressed solar output in 2020
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: The latest women's career moves in cleantech
Canary Media is shining a light on women's cleantech career moves and employment issues. This week's coverage includes job moves at Schneider Electric, QuantumScape and the DOE.By Eric Wesoff .
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Opinion
Top 10 state energy legislative issues of 2021
Bill filings show environmental justice, electric vehicles and energy jobs in transition are on state lawmakers’ mindsBy Sarah Steinberg .
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Heat pumps
ESB and GreenCom's heat pump pilot shows promise for balancing the grid
Ireland's government wants to install 600,000 heat pumps by 2030. That could save energy and shift consumption to times of lower grid demand. -
Guest essay
FERC must fix its broken approach to pipelines
Democrats have the opportunity to reshape the pipeline approval process to account for climate impacts.By Max Sarinsky, Sarah Ladin .
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Fossil fuels
Activists deal triple blow to oil sector as worries grow over pace of carbon cuts
ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell were all taken to task on the same day by activist groups pushing for stronger action on emissions.By Jason Deign .
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Policy & regulation
Biden administration takes aim at the financial risks of climate change
The executive order directs federal agencies to identify climate risks and set disclosure rules for private industry and finance.By Jeff St. John .
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