Fossil fuels

Booming power demand is slowing climate progress for US utilities

Sierra Club analysis finds that U.S. utilities are planning a huge expansion of fossil-gas plants — a shift that’s incompatible with climate goals.

By Jeff St. John . 9 October 2024

Turbines from the Mount Storm Wind Farm behind Dominion's Mount Storm coal power plant in West Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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?

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By Stephen Lacey . 27 min . 22 February 2023
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 . 20 February 2023
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.

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By Stephen Lacey . 27 min . 15 February 2023
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 . 13 February 2023
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 . 3 February 2023
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 . 31 January 2023
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 . 30 January 2023
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 . 30 January 2023
Video

Video: I measured pollution from my gas stove. There was a lot of it

Want to know how bad your gas stove really is? Put air-quality monitors in your home and then talk through your findings with an air-quality expert.

By Michael Thomas . 27 January 2023
Fossil fuels

Stuck with a gas stove? Here's how to protect your health

Some practical ways to reduce indoor air pollution and electrify some of your cooking.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 25 January 2023