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California ups renewables target again with new plan to add 85GW by…

The updated carbon-cutting goals will require immense amounts of solar, batteries, offshore wind, geothermal and transmission. Can it all be built fast…

It's Time to Talk About Nationalizing America's Railroads

The East Palestine train derailment confirms it: Our rail industry is too important to be left to the corporations.

The U.S. Has Billions for Wind and Solar Projects. Good Luck Plugging Them In. (Published 2023)

An explosion in proposed clean energy ventures has overwhelmed the system for connecting new power sources to homes and businesses.

The train derailment in Ohio was a disaster waiting to happen

Chemical spill experts and researchers told Grist that the derailment in Ohio was just business as usual for railroad industry.

The race across Europe to build green steel plants

A project is under way in northern Sweden which will drastically cut CO2 emissions in making steel.

To Prevent Future Rail Tragedies, We Need to Nationalize the Rail System

“Corporate greed [is] turning railroads into banks to extract billions and billions of dollars from what should be critical infrastructure.”

What the New Deal Can Teach Us About How to Electrify Everything

The Depression-era government agency that brought power to US farms used skillful communication to emphasize that electricity makes life better.

China’s Renewable Energy Capacity Overtakes Coal for First Time

New additions to solar power generation fueled the jump in 2022 as the sector looks set to meet ambitious carbon emissions goals

The Fight to Define Green Hydrogen, With Billions of Dollars at Stake

Some of the world’s biggest companies are fighting over what qualifies as green energy. At stake are tax credits worth billions of dollars under the new U.S. climate law.

Renewables will be world's top electricity source within three years, IEA data reveals - Carbon...

Renewables will cover almost all of global electricity demand growth out to 2025, becoming the world’s top source of electricity within three years.

We don’t need ‘miracle’ technologies to fix the climate. We have the tools now | Mark Z Jacobson

Wind, water and solar energy is cheap, effective and green. We don’t need experimental or risky energy sources to save our planet

More than half of new U.S. electric-generating capacity in 2023 will be solar - U.S. Energy...

Massive, game-changing iron air battery farm coming to Minnesota

Minnesota will be home to a massive new energy project that will build batteries that could store enough energy to power thousands of houses for days.

Analysis: Here’s how Biden could stop this drama and ignore the debt limit | CNN Politics

Washington is on the type of dramatic collision course on which some politicians thrive. President Joe Biden has the power to end this debate and move on, according to one line of thinking. Why is he...

Biden's electric-car push is already working

The White House's plan to jump-start a domestic supply chain for electric vehicles is on track to shatter expectations.