Since 2021, the Sierra Club has been grading U.S. utilities on their commitment to a clean-energy transition. While most utilities have not earned high marks on the group’s annual scorecards, as a whole they had been showing some progress. That’s over now. The latest edition of the Sierra Club’s “The Dirty Truth” report finds that the country’s … Continue reading “Utilities are doing even worse on climate than they were five years ago”
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Climate XChange’s 9th Annual EV Raffle is your chance to win the electric car of your dreams – from Rivian to Tesla to Porsche and more! But don’t wait, because there are only 5,000 tickets available! Imagine getting to custom order your perfect EV, with every detail just the way you want it, up to … Continue reading “Win your dream EV in Climate XChange’s 9th annual raffle!”
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Leah Stokes and Adrian Deveny helped craft the Inflation Reduction Act, the most consequential climate law in U.S. history. Now they’re planning how to keep it alive through the next four years of a Donald Trump administration. That plan starts with pushing through as much climate funding and regulation as possible in the waning days of … Continue reading “How to keep the climate fight alive through a second Trump term”
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States took on the mantle of combating climate change during the first Trump administration. Now they need to redouble the work during the second. That’s the message that Caroline Spears, executive director of Climate Cabinet, has for state lawmakers following Trump’s victory on Tuesday. As an advocacy organization that helps state and local leaders “run, … Continue reading “After Trump win, it's up to states to lead on climate action”
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The report also found that some utilities are reversing course on coal retirements. Last year, 35 percent of the coal-fired power plants tracked by the report were set to close by 2030. This year, that number fell to 30 percent. Only 20 of the utilities plan to be entirely coal-free by 2030, a key milestone on … Continue reading “Booming power demand is slowing climate progress for US utilities”
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Richards agreed that using this transferability mechanism isn’t as simple as it might sound, particularly for smaller-scale solar projects like those Evergrow has transacted for Black Bear Energy. “The concept of selling credits should be easy — you just sell them,” he said. “But people are finding it much harder to do that.” Making tax-credit transferability … Continue reading “The climate law is helping bring solar to more apartment buildings”
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Lee Barken, chief community officer at CollectiveSun, a solar financing company that’s done about 200 solar projects for nonprofits in 25 states, agreed that direct pay is opening new opportunities. “We’re seeing parts of the country that previously were not cash-flow positive before that are now lighting up,” he said. Using direct-pay tax credits isn’t necessarily simple, … Continue reading “Churches are going solar and saving big thanks to the climate law”
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These are the “carrots” of President Biden’s climate and energy legacy. But his administration has also broken new ground in imposing the “sticks” that climate experts say are needed to curb the unfettered extraction and consumption of planet-warming fossil fuels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken the lead on this front. The agency has finalized … Continue reading “Goodbye to the first climate president”
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A Tesla Cybertruck presentation in Germany was interrupted by climate activists who vandalized the electric pickup truck. In the US, Cybertrucks are being vandalized by Elon haters, and in Europe, it is climate activists who are trashing the electric vehicle. It might be surprising to hear that climate activists are targeting an electric vehicle company, … Continue reading “Tesla Cybertruck gets vandalized by climate activists”