Corporate procurement
Newsletter: Big Tech is thinking hard about how — and where — to clean up the grid
Google and Microsoft face a raft of complexities as they choose how to invest their prodigious clean-energy budgets.
By Julian Spector .
Emissions reduction
Clean energy
Global emissions may begin declining in 2024, thanks to EVs, clean energy
New research predicts global CO2 emissions will begin to decline this year and halve by 2050. That’s not fast enough to meet climate goals.
By Carrie Klein .
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Corporate procurement
Should Google and Microsoft focus on sourcing their own 100% clean power or cleaning up the dirtiest grids?
Major companies are spending billions on clean energy. New measurement tools can help them get the most climate impact from their investments.By Jeff St. John .
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EV charging
Time shift: How to make EV charging as clean as possible
WattTime data helps EVs charge with lower-carbon power. But the rates and incentives to encourage these cleaner choices are still being developed.By Jeff St. John .
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Fossil fuels
Newsletter: Cash for clunkers, coal edition
Big banks are looking to profit from coal plant retirements.By Julian Spector .
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Climate crisis
Carbon offset markets aren’t working. A new private-sector reform movement aims to make them better
Will this reboot spur real reductions in carbon emissions — or just usher in another wave of corporate greenwashing?By Jason Deign .
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Guest essay
How to green the steel industry? Start with steel buyers
As we push to decarbonize heavy industry, it helps to start with an industry's customers.By Jenny Chu .
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Solar
Newsletter: Nature abhors a vacuum, carbon accounting edition
Startups are jumping in to fill a policy gap when it comes to business-sector carbon tracking.By Julian Spector .
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Clean industry
Carbon accounting is hard. These startups want to make it easier
In the absence of policy, can the corporate community decarbonize itself? -
Climate crisis
How do you know if a climate policy is good? Here’s the test
Clean electrification at warp speed for the next decade is the most important thing of all.By David Roberts .
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Guest essay
Cities want to ban natural gas in new construction. State lawmakers are blocking them
Twenty states have already passed "ban the ban" laws and more might follow suit. They're backed by money and lobbyists from the gas industry.By Rushad Nanavatty, Daniel Tait .
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