How Does a Heat Pump Actually Work? This humble technology reduces home emissions. Here's how it works. By Paul Rauber January 6, 2023 In this story: building electrification, technology, clean tech, clean energy, clean buildings
The Most Important Environmental Stories of 2022 The good, the bad, and the inspiring of the year that was By Jason Mark December 23, 2022 In this story: climate change, renewable energy, electric vehicles, politics, international climate policy
Can We Have Our Clean Energy and the Environment Too? Developing the minerals and metals for the clean energy economy will come with trade-offs By Lindsey Botts December 14, 2022 In this story: clean energy
Clean Power at a Steep Price Extracting the lithium that EVs need could destroy this rare desert ecosystem in Chile By Vince Beiser December 13, 2022 In this story: clean energy, electric vehicles, renewable energy, mining, technology
Yes, We Need to Build a Lot More Renewable Energy a Lot Faster. But Scrapping Environmental Laws Isn’t the Way to Do That. Do we really need “permitting reform”? By Nick Cunningham November 14, 2022 In this story: renewable energy, utility rates, environmental law
In Arizona, the Future of Renewable Energy Is on the Ballot Inside the heated race for seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission By Osha Gray Davidson October 18, 2022 In this story: renewable energy, politics
Many Utilities’ Net-Zero Commitments Amount to a Big Zero for Climate The new “Dirty Truth” report finds power companies often prefer greenwashing to green energy By Jonathan Hahn October 3, 2022 In this story: clean energy, climate change, 100 percent clean energy, utility rates, federal climate policy
The Black Dunes of Detroit A Downriver childhood By Nancy Dziedzic September 4, 2022 In this story: transportation, clean energy, dirty energy, racial justice
Want to Go Off-Grid? Don’t Buy a Big House. How our family’s quest to go carbon neutral hit a very big snag By Anrica Deb September 3, 2022 In this story: renewable energy, utility rates, clean energy, lifestyle, science
Solar and Wind Poised to Soar After New Climate Law Transmission bottlenecks remain a key hurdle for faster growth By Nick Cunningham August 29, 2022 In this story: renewable energy, climate change, Inflation Reduction Act