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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.
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Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.

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Framework for Catalytic Finance in India

Expert BlogSameer Kwatra
As India takes rapid strides on the road to clean energy access, catalytic finance is emerging as a major need to expand the clean energy market. The approach leverages limited public and donor capital to mobilize a larger volume of…

EPA’s Dirty Power Plan Takes Aim at State Climate Leaders

Expert BlogBruce Ho
The Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to gut federal climate standards for power plants not only threatens to increase pollution and kill Americans, but would also impose pointless new administrative burdens on Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, making it costlier for…

Temporary Setback for Western Grid Integration

Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh
In an effort that lasted until the final day of its 2018 session, the California Legislature couldn’t quite get to Yes on Assembly Bill 813, the bill authorizing a transition to a fully integrated western power grid -- which will…

Better Buildings Can Limit Climate Change

Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein
This blog presents a radically optimistic view of how retrofitting all existing buildings in America can cut climate emissions dramatically by 2030. Such a program will require vastly expanded resources, but we have practical experience of having done it in…

100 Percent Zero GHG Energy Bill Passes California Assembly

Expert BlogPeter Miller
The California State Assembly today approved legislation that will commit the state to fully eliminating carbon pollution from electricity generation before the middle of the century. The legislation now returns to the Senate for a final vote. If successful, it…

Trump’s Clean Power Plan Replacement Is WORSE Than Nothing

Expert BlogLissa Lynch
The Clean Power Plan replacement proposed today by Acting EPA Administrator Wheeler demonstrates the Trump EPA’s unflagging commitment to propping up polluters. The proposal is designed to require power plants to do nothing to reduce their carbon pollution, and it…

Separating Fact from Fiction in EPA’s CPP Talking Points

Expert BlogLissa Lynch
As the Trump EPA prepares to unveil its proposed CPP replacement, E&E News obtained the agency’s talking points, giving us a window into how Acting EPA Administrator Wheeler plans to spin this Dirty Power Scam. Here are our rebuttals to…

International Day of Indigenous Peoples: Free Nahuelbuta

Expert BlogChile, InternationalJames Blair

In the Nahuelbuta Mountains of what is now Chile, Indigenous Mapuche communities offer hopeful lessons for native forest restoration and river protection, based on deep historical relations with the local environment.

D.C. Circuit Decision Is a Win for Customers and the Climate

Expert BlogBruce Ho
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the nation’s second-highest court, delivered a victory to customers and the climate last week when it rejected a request from fossil fuel generators to ignore the contributions of renewable energy to a reliable electricity…

How Not to Waste Clean Energy: New Support for CA’s AB 813

Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh
Important new evidence just surfaced about a growing problem that burdens California’s clean energy transition: we are quite literally throwing away increasing amounts of clean energy, enough during some months to power more than 100,000 households with pollution-free electricity. Fortunately…

Hot Talk in 2018’s Climate Summer

Expert BlogJuanita Constible
Our summers are getting crazy hot. But we can minimize the health harms of heat by establishing safeguards for vulnerable groups and tackling the root cause of rising temperatures: carbon pollution.

Reliability Experts to FERC: Focus on “No Regrets” Actions

Expert BlogJohn Moore, Gillian Giannetti
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held its annual conference on electric system reliability this week. Unsurprisingly, the topic of resilience was featured throughout and the message from most energy experts was clear: power grids should focus on implementing “no…