Everyone agrees that ocean shipping must decarbonize. The question is how, and how fast.
Energy and the Environment
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Puerto Rico’s Electric Grid Is On-Again, Off-Again
At the peak of the 2022 hurricane season, power outages plague the island five years after a historic storm.
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Water Cutbacks on Tap for Bone-Dry West
Congress sends billions for drought mitigation to Colorado River Basin states—just before Arizona and Nevada experience new cuts.
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The Inflation Reduction Act’s Quiet Revolution on Public Power
Here’s how utilities will be decarbonized over the next decade.
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There Are ‘No Real Consequences’ for Toxic Emissions Events
In some cases, these ‘chemical releases’ aren’t illegal. In others, state regulators give polluters the benefit of the doubt.
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Manchin Permitting Deal Teeters Despite Gas Industry Support
‘We sure as hell don’t owe Joe Manchin anything now,’ says one Democrat.
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A Methane Fee Won’t Work If It Doesn’t Count All the Methane
Unless it bulks up its rules, the EPA’s historic undercounting of methane emissions will allow the minority of companies that fall under the new regulation to avoid the charge without much hassle.
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The Long Road to Mass EV Adoption
A new tax credit of $4,000 for used electric vehicles could give people a boost toward buying a zero-emissions car. But there are still a lot of hurdles.
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The Collapsing Clean-Energy Transition
Mixing up renewable energy project siting with fossil fuels production on public lands is environmental backsliding of the finest kind.
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Corn Ethanol Investors Poised to Profit From Inflation Reduction Act
The ethanol industry will be first in line for carbon capture tax credits, even though that’s not really who the program was designed for.
