Climate crisis
Reason to have hope on climate: 'We are bending the curve'
A conversation on ‘Pod Save America’ about COP26, Build Back Better, super-apocalyptic eventualities avoided and more.
By David Roberts .
David Roberts is editor-at-large at Canary Media. He writes about clean energy and politics at his newsletter, Volts. Previously, he covered the same subjects for five years at Vox, and before that for 10 years at Grist. He lives in Seattle with his wife, two teens, two dogs and a cat.
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Climate crisis
Don't buy into the gloomy COP26 rhetoric
Momentum on climate action is picking up, and lots of efforts are heading in the right direction.By David Roberts .
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Clean energy
Google and others have committed to 24/7 carbon-free energy. What does that mean?
Here's your introduction to the hot new trend in clean-energy pledges.By David Roberts .
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Solar
Solar power is a huge success story. A longtime solar champion explains how it happened
Adam Browning, departing leader of Vote Solar, shares insights from his 20-year career as a pioneering solar advocate.By David Roberts .
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Policy & regulation
If key climate policy is jettisoned, can the US still meet its climate targets?
The Clean Electricity Performance Program is likely a goner. We parse the data to gauge where the country stands without it.By David Roberts .
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Clean energy
The unstoppably good news about clean energy
Kingsmill Bond of Carbon Tracker says the transition to renewables is inevitable based on sheer economics.By David Roberts .
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Transportation
Uber and Lyft are hurting, not helping, the climate and society
If you care about livable cities and a livable climate, ride-hailing is not the answer, according to a new study.By David Roberts .
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Policy & regulation
Illinois' new climate bill is ambitious, justice-focused and a model for the nation
Environmental justice advocates laid the groundwork with years of grassroots organizing, then hashed out details with labor, renewables companies and lawmakers.By David Roberts .
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Politics
What's in the latest version of House Dems' proposed clean energy legislation?
A detailed breakdown of the CEPP, tax credits for renewables, labor standards and more.By David Roberts .
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Politics
Sen. Tina Smith on the Democratic plan to clean up the US electricity sector
The Clean Electricity Payment Program, sponsored by Smith, would be the biggest clean energy policy the country has ever seen.By David Roberts .
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