For the first time in a decade, the grid operator for much of the central United States has put forward a long-range transmission road map calling for tens of billions of dollars in new projects to help states and utilities across the region boost renewables and reach their climate goals.
There's a new weapon in legal cases against large emitters: scientific studies that show the links between a carbon source and climate impacts like rising seas. Here's how energy companies are trying to discredit the researchers.
A congressional hearing yesterday did little to pierce the fierce partisanship over the issue of environmental justice, with a nearly 2-½-hour virtual session reinforcing the extent of the political divide.
President Biden's goal of conserving 30% of the nation's lands and waters within the next decade faces obvious hurdles, but perhaps the most fundamental is this: Exactly which lands should count?
In an 11-year odyssey that now spans three presidential administrations, EPA is again proceeding with a first-ever permanent addition to its list of regulated air toxics.
A clean technology company yesterday announced plans to build the world's first emissions-free natural gas power plants.
A socialist senator held a hearing yesterday where almost everyone praised market-based climate policy.
All House members will have the chance to direct up to $20 million in earmarks for infrastructure projects in the upcoming surface transportation authorization bill due to be unveiled next month.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday proposed to slash the financial benefits utilities get for being members of a regional transmission organization, an unexpected move that critics say could hamper the clean energy transition.
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