The Hardest Working $27 Billion in the IRA
It’s potentially one of the most important — but least understood — provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, and it’s finally out in the world. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency spent ...
25 Sep 20241h 11min
Why Geothermal Is So Hot Right Now
Geothermal is getting closer to the big time. Last week, Fervo Energy — arguably the country’s leading enhanced geothermal company — announced that its Utah demonstration project had achieved record p...
18 Sep 20241h 8min
A Beginner’s Guide to the Interconnection Queue
Maybe you’ve never heard of it. Maybe you know it too well. But to a certain type of clean energy wonk, it amounts to perhaps the three most dreaded words in climate policy: the interconnection queue....
11 Sep 20241h 9min
What 2024 Will Mean for Clean Energy — in Megatons
You don’t need us to say it: The 2024 election will have enormous stakes for America’s climate policy and the planet’s climate. But how well can we quantify those stakes? What would a Trump presidency...
4 Sep 202453min
How 2025 Could Reshape Climate Policy — No Matter Who Wins the Election
It’s time to start talking about a big year for climate politics and policy: 2025. No matter who wins this fall’s elections, next year’s executive and legislative climate policy will be huge for Ameri...
28 Aug 20241h 3min
This Isn’t the Same Kind of Climate Election
Democrats are gathering in Chicago this week for their quadrennial convention and to celebrate Kamala Harris’s nomination for president. This year’s convention will look different from 2020’s for many...
21 Aug 202458min
Why Treasury’s No. 2 Official Wants Permitting Reform
Two years ago this week, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in clean energy and climate mitigation in American history. It contained roughly two dozen new o...
14 Aug 202453min
Humanity’s Most Abundant Material Is a Huge Climate Problem
The world uses about 30 billion tons of concrete every year — more than any other material except water. It is the most ubiquitous human-made substance in the global economy. It’s also a huge climate ...
24 Jul 202444min
