America gets 20 percent of its electricity from coal. That’s a 50 percent drop since the peak in 2007. But if coal is becoming so…
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Put down that beet-juice burger. The next big wave in plant-based protein is fake fish. Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of…
The excitement around green hydrogen has grown dramatically in recent years. Will it live up to the hype? This week, we turn to technologist, author…
Last week may be seen as the pivotal moment when climate change finally got serious. I’m not talking about the anticipated rise of wildfires, droughts,…
In his historic March 1968 speech at Washington’s National Cathedral, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. observed that the arc of the moral universe is…
What if someone told you that we have everything we need to decarbonize most of the economy? We would just need to start electrifying every…
A decarbonized power sector will unlock massive opportunities across nearly every other sector, either via direct electrification or indirect electrification via the production of low-carbon…
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then they transform? This week: a look at some positive trends guiding…
Their dreams are bright: Walkable, equitable cities. Clean energy for Native American communities. Planet-healing fast food. Circular outdoor gear. Decarbonized buildings. Electrified mobility. That’s only…
The pandemic has forced just about every part of society to reckon with resilience, but for cities the question is especially urgent. Will the global…
The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office might be the most talked about — and yet least understood — part of the federal government’s…
The lack of progress on offshore wind in America is one of the most perplexing stories in energy. The technology and resource availability are tremendous. Europe…
here are few areas harder to decarbonize than heavy industry. But the stakes are high. Altogether, industry represents over 30% of global GHG emissions, when…
In 2015, then-Secretary of State John Kerry called the Paris climate treaty a “tremendous victory.” In the years since, $3.8 trillion has flowed into fossil fuels globally.…
As investment pours into climate tech, it’s true that a rising tide lifts all boats. But in markets — especially fast-changing markets, like batteries, hydrogen,…
In 2005, it looked like heat-trapping gases from power plants were only going up. That year, the EIA put out a projection: CO2 emissions from…
Since acquiring Greentech Media in 2016, we have continued to use greentechmedia.com and GTM Squared news subscription service as vehicles to present greentech and renewables…
The grid of the future lies 850 miles off the coast of Portugal, on an island in the Azores called Graciosa. The island has always…
Every few seconds, a new residential HVAC system or water heater is installed around America. Most of them are designed to burn oil and gas…
In 2017, Google became the first major company to reach 100% renewable energy through corporate renewables procurement. But it was also the first major company to…