Clean energy
Chart: Clean energy to make up 84% of new US power capacity in 2023
Solar, wind, nuclear and grid batteries will account for nearly all power plant construction, with batteries beating gas for the first time.
Fossil fuels
Politics
How Trump’s second term could derail the clean energy transition
The Inflation Reduction Act might not be completely repealed, but plenty of other climate policies could be undone — and fossil fuels could be unleashed.
By Jeff St. John .
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Podcast
What the oil and gas boom means for clean energy
Supermajors are doubling down on extraction and slowing investments in renewables. We try to make sense of the market shift.PlayBy Stephen Lacey .
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Podcast
Stunning new data on the economics of US coal vs. renewables
Only one coal plant in America is cheaper than new renewables. So why haven’t we ditched coal yet?PlayBy Stephen Lacey . 27 min .
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Guest essay
Gas stoves are a health hazard — and induction stoves just work better
Air-quality expert Brady Seals sums up decades of research and dispels some persistent myths.By Brady Seals .
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Podcast
50 years of studies prove gas stoves are bad for you. What's next?
A half-century of research on gas stoves shows they are equivalent to living in a house with secondhand smoke.PlayBy Stephen Lacey . 27 min .
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Geothermal
Utilities may use their pipes for geothermal heat instead of gas
Several utilities in the Northeast already have pilots underway to explore a switch to networked geothermal. Will it help them ride out the energy transition?By Lisa Prevost .
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Liquefied natural gas
Chart: LNG expansion plans threaten global climate progress
The gas industry aims to dramatically expand capacity for exporting liquefied natural gas. That would be very bad news for the climate.By Canary Staff .
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Fossil fuels
Clean energy is cheaper than coal across the whole US, study finds
Almost every coal-fired power plant in the country could be cost-effectively replaced by local solar or wind and batteries, according to a groundbreaking new analysis.By Jeff St. John .
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Liquefied natural gas
How the LNG export boom clashes with climate goals — visualized
Interactive graphics: The U.S. is about to become the global leader in exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG. What does that mean for the climate?By Geoff McGhee, Canary Staff .
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Liquefied natural gas
Inside the high-dollar race to sell natural gas as low-carbon
Special report: Rival U.S. firms lob differing, and debatable, climate claims as they market “green” liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to a warming world.By Jeffrey Ball .
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