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Clean energy
Oil supply may finally catch up with demand. But what about emissions?
by
Andy Uhler
Dec 14, 2021
There's a disconnect between the ongoing demand for fossil fuels and White House messaging about reaching net-zero emissions.
The first great shock of the energy transition
by
David Brancaccio
and Daniel Shin
Nov 4, 2021
Vijay Vaitheeswaran, editor at The Economist, on what energy shortages and rising fuel prices mean for the transition to clean energy.
Clean energy would create trillion-dollar market and millions of jobs, IEA says
Oct 14, 2021
Just how do researchers calculate that?
Infrastructure bill carries funding potential for clean energy
Aug 2, 2021
Federal money could be set aside for electric vehicles and charging stations. The solar industry, however, still has questions.
Biden's pitch: tackling climate change will create lots of jobs
Apr 23, 2021
But will it create them where oil and coal jobs have been lost?
Costs are falling for renewable energy stored in batteries
by
Molly Wood
Jan 29, 2019
Battery storage is getting to houses through electrical lines, maybe even yours.
As Trump talks coal revival, China seeks props on the fuel's decline
by
Scott Tong
Feb 28, 2017
We now have three years of data points on where China’s coal and carbon emissions are heading: downward. It may have to do with China’s economy becoming less energy-intensive as it moves away from infrastructure and heavy industry. It may also have something to do with policy. Beijing has shuttered coal plants already in construction. […]
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Why Bill Gates thinks alternative energy research has bipartisan support
Dec 13, 2016
Gates also spoke to us about the future of energy innovation and clean tech.
Bill Gates on getting billionaires behind clean energy
Feb 23, 2016
The tech giant says "ruthless" private business thinking is necessary for energy innovation.
Tom Steyer talks climate change and the 2016 election
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Daisy Palacios
Nov 20, 2015
The billionaire energy investor hasn't picked a favorite candidate yet.