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Clean energy
Survey shows more Americans worried about cost of fighting climate change
Aug 29, 2024
Most Americans support government action on climate change, but a growing minority worry it will harm the economy, according to survey data from Stanford University and Resources for the Future.
The U.S. electrical grid is getting more gigawatts. But is it enough?
Aug 19, 2024
The U.S. electrical grid added more than 20 gigawatts of capacity the first half of this year, much of it from renewables.
Energy transition progress report: We're 10% of the way there
Aug 16, 2024
So what will it take for the other 90%? A lot of sweeping physical transformation.
The clean energy boom is a rural jobs bonanza
by
Rae Solomon
Jun 10, 2024
Clean energy is exploding in the U.S., bringing high-paying jobs to the rural areas that often produce it.
Copper is so hot that a mining firm turned down a $39 billion takeover bid because it was too low
Apr 29, 2024
And the price of the metal is only likely to increase.
Nonprofits to receive billions of dollars for clean energy projects
Apr 5, 2024
$20 billion in grants and loans will be forthcoming from the Biden Administration. It's hoped this will attract private investment too.
How is the White House shaping clean energy supply and demand?
Mar 25, 2024
In its new "Economic Report of the President," the White House dedicated a chapter to accelerating the clean energy transition.
For public good, not for profit.
Biden administration invests $6 billion in low-carbon industrial production
Mar 25, 2024
The funding aims to cut the cost of cleaner manufacturing in industries like food, paper and chemicals.
Takeaways from one of the world's biggest energy summits
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
, Alex Schroeder
and Natalie White
Mar 22, 2024
CERAWeek in Houston has shown that despite agreements to transition away fossil fuels, oil and gas are still deeply entrenched.
More mining is needed for the energy transition. It's also a threat.
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Alex Schroeder
Mar 21, 2024
In his book "The War Below," Ernest Scheyder explores the tension between intrusive mining and powering our energy transition.