Christa was previously a reporter at Greenwire, covering the Department of Energy, energy technologies and science policy and was a reporter and assistant deputy editor at Climatewire. Since joining E&E News in 2008, she has interviewed leaders like Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and former Vice President Al Gore and has covered everything from climate adaptation to the Keystone XL pipeline fight. A graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she formerly worked for The Denver Post and NPR.
Elon Musk announced on Twitter this week that he's setting a manufacturing target of 1,000 solar roofs a week by the end of the year, raising questions about whether the Tesla Inc. CEO violated a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corp. is teaming up with a Canadian company to design the world's largest plant to remove carbon dioxide from the air.
Eric Trump's brother-in-law is the new principal deputy director of the Department of Energy's Office of Policy — his second promotion in two years, according to an email obtained by E&E News.
The Department of Energy today released a proposed rule that would change how it grants waivers for test procedures of products under its efficiency standards, angering environmentalists who said it would give too much power to manufacturers.