Climate justice
Newsletter: Want to pass a 100% clean grid law? Don't pick too many fights
Oregon built broad support for its clean grid law. Can other places learn from the example?
By Julian Spector .
Policy & regulation
Clean fleets
‘Green bank’ launches $250M effort to electrify California’s port trucks
The program, from Climate United and Forum Mobility, will help secure the EV trucks and charging stations needed to phase out diesel trucks at the state’s busy ports.
By Jeff St. John .
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Climate justice
From climate justice organizing to legislating: How Rep. Khanh Pham helped pass Oregon's 100% clean grid law
A Q&A with Pham on how building a wide-ranging coalition and sitting down with affected industries led to a clean energy victory.By Julian Spector .
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Transmission
New transmission can prevent power outages during extreme weather — and save tons of money
Transmission could have paid for itself in savings during big Texas blackout, a new report finds. But capturing that value is tricky.By Jeff St. John .
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Opinion
The clean energy economy has a diversity problem. Let’s change that as we build back
The infrastructure package being debated in Washington should include a proposed bill to provide job training for workers from underrepresented communities.By Paula Glover .
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Climatetech finance
Fossil fuels and climatetech finance digest
A roundup of recent energy and climatetech finance news.By Eric Wesoff .
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Batteries
Newsletter: Dude, where's my battery?
Supply and demand are out of whack in the surging energy storage industry.By Julian Spector .
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Carbon-free buildings
Biden's infrastructure plan should focus more on resilient, low-emissions buildings
The government must support communities with buildings that reduce emissions and are better equipped to handle disasters.By Mahesh Ramanujam .
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Batteries
The grid battery boom has triggered a supply shortage
Storage developers large and small are grappling with what to do when there aren't enough batteries to go around.By Julian Spector .
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Long-duration energy storage
Newsletter: DOE goes long on long-duration storage
Plus, California's gas fixation threatens its ambitious climate goals.By Julian Spector .
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Fossil fuels
California has embraced clean energy, so why is it still building natural gas infrastructure?
Decarbonization advocates are fighting ratepayer subsidies that incentivize the growth of an increasingly obsolete gas system.By Elizabeth McCarthy .
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