Efforts to stifle clean energy development extend into the fabric of federal government.
How Interest Groups Shape U.S. Clean Energy Policy
Political scientist Leah Stokes examines interest groups’ power to shape, and resist, progressive energy policy.
Sunrun Policy Chief Talks COVID Impact and Solar Power Future (Forbes)
Solar’s downturn isn’t unique, but it hurts all the more because the industry exists at the nexus of green jobs and climate solutions.
As Residential Solar’s Capabilities Expand, Does New Growth Await?
The residential solar power industry faces the expiration of a key tax break and resistance to net-metering. But the addition of battery storage, and an emerging role in grid services, make solar a valuable tool for grid resiliency.
The Struggle for Local Control Over Energy Development
Energy projects bring economic opportunity, but host communities often suffer disproportionate health and environmental impacts. An expert in environmental regulation looks at community efforts to exert control over energy development.
Study Reveals Wavering In Conservative Climate Beliefs (Forbes)
Conservative Republicans, while less likely to view human activity as a driver of climate change, were also less certain of their views than liberals.
Will The Clean Energy Transition Bring Energy Equality?
Nobel Laureate Daniel Kammen, head of U.C. Berkeley’s Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, discusses efforts to build clean energy solutions that meet the social and developmental needs of the communities they serve.
A Preview of Key Energy Challenges for the 2020s (Forbes)
The roots of fossil fuel’s recent challenges lie in environmental concerns and opposition to big projects from state governments, as in New York, but also from the growing competitiveness of alternatives
The Challenge of Scaling Negative Emissions
The author of the first text book on carbon capture looks at the potential for negative emissions technologies to limit global warming, and discusses the challenge to scaling solutions for positive climate impact.
With Ample Drama, Largest East Coast Refinery Meets Its End (Forbes)
The explosion should have marked the end of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, a business that had emerged from bankruptcy just a year before.