The Fight Over the Inflation Reduction Act Has Arrived
The fight over the Inflation Reduction Act has arrived. After months of discussion, the Republican majority in the House is now beginning to write, review, and argue about its plans to transform the c...
13 Mai 20251h 3min
Spain’s Blackout and the Miracle of the Modern Power Grid
Last week, more than 50 million people across mainland Spain and Portugal suffered a blackout that lasted more than 10 hours and shuttered stores, halted trains, and dealt more than $1 billion in econ...
7 Mai 20251h 8min
How Texas Could Destroy Its Electricity Market
Texas is one of the country’s biggest producers of zero-emissions energy. Last year, the Lone Star State surpassed California to become the country’s No. 1 market for utility-scale solar. More solar a...
30 Apr 202559min
How BYD Got So Big
In just the past few years, Chinese EV-maker BYD has become the most important car company most Americans have still never heard of. It is China’s biggest private employer, the world’s third most valu...
23 Apr 20251h
What Happens to Global Decarbonization in a Trade War?
Donald Trump has implemented what is easily the most chaotic set of American economic policies in recent memory. First, the U.S. declared a trade war on the entire world, imposing breathtaking tariffs...
16 Apr 202548min
How China’s Industrial Policy Really Works
China’s industrial policy for clean energy has turned the country into a powerhouse of solar, wind, battery, and electric vehicle manufacturing. But long before the country’s factories moved global ma...
9 Apr 20251h 5min
The Least-Noticed Climate Scandal of the Trump Administration
The Inflation Reduction Act dedicated $27 billion to build a new kind of climate institution in America — a network of national green banks that could lend money to companies, states, schools, churche...
2 Apr 202549min
What’s Really Holding Back New Data Centers
If you care about decarbonizing the power grid anytime soon, you have to care about data centers. The AI boom and the ongoing growth of the internet have driven a big new cycle of data center construc...
26 Mar 20251h 5min
