Tracking the Equity Outcome of Decarbonization
We can measure the energy transition in any number of ways. The hundreds of millions of solar panels and wind turbines installed. The gigatons of carbon reduced. Or the number of jobs created.But how ...
16 Jun 202149min
Coal Is Uncompetitive. Why Do We Burn So Much?
America gets 20 percent of its electricity from coal. That’s a 50 percent drop since the peak in 2007. But if coal is becoming so economically uncompetitive, why does it still make up so much of our g...
11 Jun 202158min
A Wartime Plan for Electrifying America
What if someone told you that we have everything we need to decarbonize most of the economy? We would just need to start electrifying every new car, furnace, water heater, drier, and cookstove, and in...
23 Mai 20211h 6min
What Are ‘Transformational’ Utilities Doing Right?
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then they transform?This week: a look at some positive trends guiding the utility sector. What are power providers that are leading ...
16 Mai 20211h 2min
Is Offshore Wind *Finally* Coming to America?
The lack of progress on offshore wind in America is one of the most baffling and frustrating stories in energy. The technology and resource availability are tremendous. Europe has de-risked the techno...
7 Mai 202156min
Banking Is the Pressure Point for Climate
In 2015, then-Secretary of State John Kerry called the Paris climate treaty a “tremendous victory.” In the years since, $3.8 trillion has flowed into fossil fuels globally.Now Kerry and other White Ho...
30 Apr 20211h 5min
Is America Halfway to a Zero-Carbon Grid?
In 2005, it looked like heat-trapping gases from power plants were only going up.That year, the EIA put out a projection: CO2 emissions from power plants would steadily rise every year, thanks to the ...
22 Apr 202147min
Unlocking Home Electrification With Heat Pumps
Every few seconds, a new residential HVAC system or water heater is installed around America. Most of them are designed to burn oil and gas -- locking in 15-20 more years of carbon pollution.So how do...
15 Apr 202157min
