A metals industry executive explores the race to develop alternative supplies of critical minerals essential to the energy transition.
How Uruguay Went (Almost Completely) Fossil Fuel Free
Ramón Méndez Galain, this year’s recipient of the Carnot Prize, reflects on leading Uruguay to a 98% renewable electricity mix, and what the rest of the world might take from his country’s experience.
Pennsylvania Effort to Join RGGI Faces Legal, Political Peril
A new report examines the economic and climate impacts of Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, now stalled in court.
Geography, Equity, and the Energy Transition
A geographer explores the impact of location on worker opportunity and equity in the clean energy economy.
Breaking the Bottlenecks to Climate Progress
Princeton University researchers have launched a global survey aimed at spotting and eliminating practical barriers to a net-zero carbon future.
Energy Transition Puts Grid Reliability to the Test
PJM Interconnection is in a race to shore up electric grid reliability as the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy accelerates.
China Plays Competitor, and Collaborator, in the Energy Transition
Scott Moore, author of China’s Next Act, discusses China’s global role in energy technology and sustainability.
Energy Transition and Opportunity in the Oil Patch
As energy industry growth shifts to the clean sector, oil and gas industry workers seek their paths forward.
How Coal Maintains Its Political Hold on West Virginia
West Virginia’s coal industry has out-sized influence in the state’s politics, and in Washington. But the industry’s power has come at a cost to West Virginians.
Can Clean Energy Delivery Energy Justice to Canada’s First Nations?
A prominent advocate for indigenous rights in Canada sees promise in clean energy.