Arianna Skibell covers the power industry's transition in a warming world, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, electric grid and state energy battles. Following a year of independent research and reporting in Israel through the Dorot Fellowship, she was a freelance reporter, contributing to States Newsroom and Jewish Currents magazine, among other news outlets. She previously worked at E&E News from 2016 to 2018 covering federal regulations, climate change and Puerto Rico's recovery from Hurricane Maria. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
Renewable and storage advocates are cheering a federal court decision last week upholding a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order aiming to knock down barriers for electric grid-level energy storage.
Environmentalist groups are asking a federal court to remain firm in its watershed decision to bar the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from stalling challenges to pipeline projects, despite the agency's request for more time.
Virginia has officially joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), becoming the first Southern state to participate in the carbon cap-and-trade pact among Northeastern states.
Virginia has officially joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), becoming the first Southern state to participate in the carbon cap-and-trade pact among Northeastern states.
The death of the long-embattled Atlantic Coast pipeline has energized environmental and public health groups looking to bring down other major oil and gas projects.