The governor and construction unions want to expand the New Jersey Turnpike, likely increasing greenhouse gas emissions in a highway-dependent state.
Energy & the Environment
Posted inPolitics
These Progressives Won in the Suburbs. Can They Survive in 2022?
Two state legislators in Pennsylvania work to build on past successes, in a new political environment.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Manufacturing in the Green Industrial Policy Era
How the Inflation Reduction Act’s $50 billion for clean-energy manufacturing could launch the green industrial revolution
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Climate Law Could Clarify Uncertain Fossil Fuel Leasing Picture
The Inflation Reduction Act mandates that millions of acres of public lands be made available to oil and gas companies before the government can offer land for renewables.
Posted inPodcasts
How Biden’s Climate Law Creates New Business Coalitions to Compete With Fossil Fuels
A Twitter Spaces conversation with climate analyst Nathan Iyer of RMI
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Big Bet on Natural Gas Is Blowing Up in the World’s Face
It’s not clean, it’s not cheap, and it’s not a bridge fuel to anyplace good.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can Ocean Shipping Go Green?
Everyone agrees that ocean shipping must decarbonize. The question is how, and how fast.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
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.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
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.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Inflation Reduction Act’s Quiet Revolution on Public Power
Here’s how utilities will be decarbonized over the next decade.
