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.
President Trump met with nuclear industry executives yesterday to discuss the future of civil nuclear power and the importance of renewable energy sources, according to an administration official.
A law enacted last year that boosts federal tax credits available to companies using carbon capture and storage could lead to the removal of nearly 50 million metric tons per year of carbon dioxide from power plants by 2030, equivalent to taking about 7 million cars off the road, according to a new analysis.
Several former Obama administration officials are joining a University of Michigan initiative aiming to develop technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into useful products.
The Department of Energy released a rule this week that would overhaul its efficiency standards program, infuriating environmentalists even as it pleased many industry groups.
As backers of the "Green New Deal" rolled out their zero-carbon energy goals, tension around the role of nuclear power spilled out into the open.