The United States generates almost 80 million tons of packaging waste each year, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. When landfilled or incinerated,…
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Week in Review Tune in around 9:15 for commentary Salesforce, Microsoft, Apple push Virginia utility to use more renewables, less gas Ready for the new…
The new leaders at solar developer Cypress Creeks Renewables have finalized the strategic shift they were hired to execute. Going forward, the company will continue…
California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom have successfully shepherded a $21 billion wildfire bill through the waning days of the 2019 legislative session, offering the state’s big…
It can be hard to keep up with the steady drumbeat of energy storage policy updates emanating from the Northeast, and New York in particular,…
The Green New Deal is now a driving force in climate politics. But up until now, it’s been mostly theoretical. And then, in April, Mayor…
The second quarter of 2019 was one for the record books for corporate renewable procurements, as deals inked added more than 2.8 gigawatts (GW) of…
This article was adapted from the newsletter VERGE Weekly, running Wednesdays. Subscribe here. Two years ago, prefab construction firm Factory OS — which leans heavily…
This article was originally published in Ensia. You can’t see them, but it’s time to start trying. Microorganisms, tiny creatures invisible to the naked eye,…
It’s not often that you see an oil executive and a climate change analyst nodding in agreement. But at last week’s Shell Energy Summit, climate…
China is set to become the leading energy storage market in the Asia Pacific region by 2024. That’s according to new research from Wood Mackenzie…
Private equity firm Energy Capital Partners has bought its way into the energy storage development business with Convergent Energy + Power, the companies announced Wednesday.…
Every year, we see a wide range of models for the future global energy system. The scenarios come from an array of organizations: the International…
The Guardian gave the urgency of the climate crisis its due when it introduced new, more accurate language into its lexicon in May. Cutting down…
Since launching the B Corp career-development platform Imperative in 2015, Aaron Hurst and his team have been working with leading companies to “empower everyone to…
These are difficult times in farm country. Historic spring rains — 600 percent above average in some places — inundated fields and homes. The U.S.…
This article is adapted from the newsletter Transport Weekly, running Tuesdays. Subscribe here. There was no better example of Shell’s difficult balancing act — between the fossil…
ABB, a major player in the global solar inverter market, is paying $470 million to unload the business to Italian company Fimer — an acknowledgement of ongoing…
One day after President Donald Trump delivered an environmental policy speech devoid of any mention of climate change, Democrats in Congress are introducing a resolution…
There’s a bonanza sweeping across North America: cannabis. As more states legalize marijuana, the industry is attracting high-profile investors and bringing in $6.5 billion in…