White House creates new energy division to help craft climate change policies
The announcement, scheduled for Wednesday, illustrates that the White House is racing to fulfill President Biden’s ambitious commitments to combat climate change, particularly as Republicans...
Jigar Shah has a new strategy to boost climatetech through DOE loans
Jigar Shah has spent his private-sector career working to bring once-unfinanceable long-shot clean technologies to multibillion-dollar commercial scale, from utility-scale solar at SunEdison to community...
Biden, other G-20 world leaders formally endorse groundbreaking global corporate minimum tax
The new global minimum tax of 15 percent aims to reverse the decades-long decline in tax rates on corporations across the world.
DOE Awards $20 Million to Help States Deploy Carbon Capture and Storage
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $20 million in funding to four projects working to accelerate the regional deployment of carbon capture, utilization,...
CEQ chief touts climate goals, laments ‘ping-ponging policy’
The president’s top environmental adviser said today that she is laser-focused on addressing planet-warming emissions while preserving some stability for regulated industries. Brenda Mallory, chair...
DOE commits $20M to create clean hydrogen from nuclear power with Palo Verde project
The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday unveiled plans to spend $20 million on research into the production of clean hydrogen from nuclear power. The...
EPA Releases Draft Strategic Plan to Address Climate Change and Advance Environmental Justice and Equity
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that its Draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan has been published in the Federal Register and is...
The International Energy Agency Aims for Net-Zero by 2024
Whether it’s promoting building efficiency or pushing for renewables, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been talking about decarbonization for quite some time. Now the...