Why the Rest of the World Is Buying Chinese EVs
China’s electric vehicle industry, it’s now well understood, is churning out cars that rival or exceed the best products coming out of the West. Chinese EVs are cheaper, cooler, more innovative, and h...
10 Dec 202559min
The Biggest Lessons of a Not-So-Great Year for Climate Policy
2025 has been incredibly eventful for decarbonization — and not necessarily in a good way. The return of Donald Trump, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and the rise of data centers and artificial intel...
3 Dec 20251h 1min
How to Make Your Climate Giving Count, According to an Expert
It’s been a tumultuous year for climate politics — and for climate nonprofits. The longtime activist group 350.org suspended its operations in the U.S. (at least temporarily), and Bill Gates, the worl...
26 Nov 202556min
How Clean Energy Could Prepare for an AI Bubble
The boom in artificial intelligence has become entangled with the clean energy industry over the past 18 months. Tech companies are willing to pay a lot for electricity — especially reliable zero-carb...
19 Nov 20251h 19min
Shift Key Live: The 2025 Elections, the Gates Memo, and More
It’s been a huge few weeks for climate news. Democrats swept state and local elections in New Jersey, Virginia, California, and New York City — and won two crucial regulatory races in Georgia. A few w...
14 Nov 202550min
Shift Key Classic: Have China’s Carbon Emissions Peaked?
Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins are off this week. Please enjoy this selection from the Shift Key archive.China’s greenhouse gas emissions were essentially flat in 2024 — or they recorded a tiny inc...
12 Nov 202551min
How EVs Can Actually Help the Electricity Crisis
Data centers aren’t the only driver of rising power use. The inexorable shift to electric vehicles — which has been slowed, but not stopped, by Donald Trump’s policies — is also pushing up electricity...
5 Nov 20251h 21min
The Lesson Nuclear Companies Should Take From the Dot-Com Boom
Electricity prices are the biggest economic issue in the New Jersey governor’s race, which is perhaps next month’s most closely watched election. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic candidate and frontrunn...
29 Okt 202551min
