A report from top energy analysts warns that to meet the Paris climate agreement goals, investment in new unabated coal plant projects should stop now.
China finances about 70% of all new coal plants worldwide. Energy analysts warn that there can be no more new coal projects if the world hopes to meet the Paris climate goals.
Fifteen years ago electric power generation was the largest source of US greenhouse gas emissions. Now the power sector is leading the shift to a clean energy economy.
Heat waves, droughts and deep freezes can all strain the electric grid, leading utilities to impose rolling blackouts. Climate change is likely to make these events more common.
Researchers are developing ways to lock captured CO2 into cement. It could help rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure and deal with climate change at the same time.
The costs that fossil fuels impose on public health through air pollution alone are enormous.
An appeals court described the EPA's effort as 'a series of tortured misreadings' of US law.
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