This Tribe Will Gladly Accept Clean Energy Funding, Even If Wyoming Won’t
Northern Arapaho host a local powwow on the eve of a solar eclipse in Riverton, Wyoming.Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Wyoming governor Mark Gordon told the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023 that the state would not be applying for…
Biden Unveils $7 Billion “Solar for All” Investment for Earth Day
President Biden visited Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia, on Monday, to announce new federal sp;ar grants for low- and middle-income communities.Jose Luis Magana/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden marked Monday’s Earth Day by announcing a $7 billion investment in solar energy…
This Kind of Fracking Can Help Solve Our Climate Problems
A surge tank on the injection well return line at the Blundell Geothermal Power Plant near Milford, Utah.Jon G. Fuller / ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A limitless supply of heat exists beneath our feet within the Earth’s crust, but harnessing it at…
In Texas, Fossil Fuel CEOs Ridicule Nation’s Clean Energy Push
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The bosses of the world’s leading oil and gas companies have poured scorn on efforts to move away from fossil fuels, complaining that a “visibly failing” transition to clean energy was being pushed forward at an “unrealistic pace.”…
Can We Slash Carbon Emissions and Still Have Economic Growth?
Ying Tang/NurPhoto/Zuma This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For nearly 200 years, two transformative global forces have grown in tandem: economic activity and carbon emissions. The two have long been paired together, or, in economist-speak, “coupled.” When the economy has gotten bigger, so has our climate footprint. This…
Utility Fraud and Corruption Are Threatening the Clean Energy Transition
Mother Jones; El Nuevo Herald, Roberto Koltun/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was reported by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. At a press conference last month, flanked by sheriffs and attorneys, Ohio Attorney General David…