November 30th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
In the first 3 quarters of 2020, while renewable energy accounted for 70% of new power capacity in the country, it still accounted for just 20.4% of total electricity generation in those 9 months
November 30th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
In the first three quarters of 2020, renewable energy — almost entirely solar and wind energy — accounted for 70% of new US power capacity, based on official utility-scale power plant data from FERC and small-scale solar power estimates from CleanTechnica
November 29th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
Electrifying everything at the same time as all electrical generation shifts to renewables are two of the key points in my Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work. Heat pumps are only part of the answer, but at about 1% of Canada's total GHG emissions reduction target, they are a surprisingly big one. Too bad about Alberta though
November 19th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
Heat pumps in the worst buildings and nothing else would eliminate about 1.9 megatonnes of CO2e per year in Canada
November 13th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
People like Bill Gates throw away their money on the wrong investments: small nuclear, air carbon capture, and solar geoengineering. Gates and others should listen to Mark Z. Jacobson more, and Vaclav Smil less
November 10th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
The State of Louisiana held its first Climate Initiatives Task Force meeting yesterday, and Governor Edwards kicked off the meeting with an empowering speech
November 9th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
I just offered 10 (unsolicited) suggestions for the Democratic Party, and here are 10 (unsolicited) suggestions for the Republican Party in a post-Trump world as well
November 8th, 2020 | by Tina Casey
Presidents come and go, but the green hydrogen trend is here to stay, and that spells bad news for US shale gas exporters
November 3rd, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
After President Richard Nixon proposed establishing the U.S. Environmental Protect Agency on July 9, 1970, Republicans have assumed some level of responsibility for cleaning our air and water. Yes, oil, gas, and coal came to heavily, heavily support Republicans (+90% in some years), funding their campaigns and then lobbying them
November 2nd, 2020 | by Vijay Govindan
Given the US president's pro fossil fuel behavior, the question is simple: How come he has done major damage to ExxonMobil and Big Oil? I can't answer that directly, but I can show how severe the damage has been
October 30th, 2020 | by Rocky Mountain Institute
A move by one of the largest European energy companies shows that both markets and governments are beginning to pay attention to methane emissions and factor them into business decisions. France’s Engie has halted its commitment to a long-term US liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract with NextDecade Corp estimated at US$7 billion
October 30th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
In an unexpectedly less terrible turn of events, 2020 has seen several oil and gas companies announce more ambitious climate targets. Just last week, ConocoPhillips released a new “net-zero” climate ambition, becoming the first US oil and gas company to do so
October 26th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
In a report by Carbon Tracker, we learn that there are billion-dollar orphans that the oil and gas industry will most likely abandon — and these wells will become wards of the state. This means that taxpayers will be left with another bill
October 23rd, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
After decades of public denial, ExxonMobil now acknowledges that “the risk of climate change is real” and says it is “committed to being part of the solution,”
October 22nd, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
As I wrote earlier today, New Jersey has a legal requirement to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050, based on 2006 levels
October 20th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
The Newsom Administration issued six more fracking permits to Aera Energy late on Friday afternoon at a time of great risk to the environment and to the public health of affected communities also exposed to Covid 19, Consumer Watchdog said today
October 15th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess lent his support on LinkedIn last week toward Royal Dutch Shell's CEO, Ben van Beurden, for Shell's decision to reshape itself
