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The Petroleum Industry May Want a Carbon Tax, but Biden and Congressional Republicans are Not Necessarily Fans

The new administration has made clear that its approach to reducing emissions will involve regulation, incentives and other government actions.

By Marianne Lavelle, Judy Fahys

Gina McCarthy, the White House National Climate Advisor, speaks at the Queen theater on December 19, 2020 in Wilmington, DE. Credit: Joshua Roberts/Getty Images
A coastal view of Tilos island, Greece. Credit: DeAgostini/Getty Images

The Greek Island Where Renewable Energy and Hybrid Cars Rule

By Kerin Hope

Workers install wind turbines at Yuxia wind farm on mountain on June 15, 2020 in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province of China. Credit: Chen Fuping/VCG via Getty Images

How the Race for Renewable Energy is Reshaping Global Politics

By Leslie Hook and Henry Sanderson

The San Fransisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban natural gas in new buildings, meaning that stoves, furnaces and water heaters will no longer burn gas. Credit: Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

San Francisco Becomes the Latest City to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings, Citing Climate Effects

By Kristoffer Tigue

President-elect Joe Biden speaks to the media while flanked by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, at the Queen Theater after receiving a briefing from the transition Covid-19 advisory board on Nov. 9, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Credit: Joe Raedle/Gett

Inside Clean Energy: Four Things Biden Can Do for Clean Energy Without Congress

By Dan Gearino

Many Photovoltaik solar panels arranged as part of a solar powerplant. Credit: Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Not a Great Election Year for Renewable Energy, but There’s Reason for Optimism

By Dan Gearino

Climate activists protested the construction of the Perennial fracked gas power plant on Oct. 30 by delivering a letter to the offices of Gov. Kate Brown and Department of Energy Director Janine Benner demanding they take steps to terminate Perennial’s pe

Oregon Allows a Controversial Fracked Gas Power Plant to Begin Construction

By Ilana Cohen

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden debates U.S. President Donald Trump at Belmont University on Oct. 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. Credit: Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Biden’s Oil Industry Comments Were Not a Political Misstep

By Dan Gearino

An airplane takes off in California. Air travel emissions are a significant portion of all transportation emissions, and could be addressed with planes fueled by hydrogen. Credit: dsleeter_2000/flickr

Airbus Hopes to Be Flying Hydrogen-Powered Jetliners With Zero Carbon Emissions by 2035

By Leto Sapunar

A boat passes one of the wind turbines of the Block Island Wind Farm on Oct. 14, 2016 off the shore of Rhode Island. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

An Offshore Wind Farm on Lake Erie Moves Closer to Reality, but Will It Ever Be Built?

By Nicole Pollack

The 2022 GMC Hummer EV is scheduled to go on sale in late 2021, with a price tag of $112,595 and a battery range of 350 miles. Credit: GM

Inside Clean Energy: The New Hummer Is Big and Bad and Runs on Electricity

By Dan Gearino

A NuScale Power small modular nuclear reactor plant is seen in an artist rendering. Credit: Oregon State University

Small Nuclear Reactors Would Provide Carbon-Free Energy, but Would They Be Safe?

By Jonathan Moens

Solar panels work in an integrated power station in Yancheng city, in Jiangsu province, on Oct. 14, 2020. Credit: Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Four Charts Tell the Story of the Post-Covid Energy Transition

By Dan Gearino

bucket-wheel excavator removes the first layer of soil for the expansion of the nearby Welzow open-pit lignite coal mine on August 20, 2010 near Drebkau, Germany. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

What Germany Can Teach the US About Quitting Coal

By Dan Gearino

Steel is produced at ArcelorMittal Gent on Sept. 5, 2007 in Ghent, Belgium. Credit: Mark Renders/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: A Steel Giant Joins a Growing List of Companies Aiming for Net-Zero by 2050

By Dan Gearino

Nashville. Credit: John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images

The TVA’s Slower Pace Toward Renewable Energy Weakens Nashville’s Future

By James Bruggers

Duane Hanson and Sally Kwan live deep within Maine's North Woods and fear that construction of transmission lines for a project called New England Clean Energy Connect will destroy their idyllic existence. Credit: Sally Kwan

New York and New England Need More Clean Energy. Is Hydropower From Canada the Best Way to Get it?

By Ilana Cohen

Little remains but stumps and puddles in what was once a bottomland hardwood forest on the banks of the Roanoke River in northeastern North Carolina. Credit: Joby Warrick/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Wood Pellet Business is Booming. Scientists Say That’s Not Good for the Climate.

By James Bruggers,   

Coal-Fired Power Plants Hit a Milestone in Reduced Operation

By Dan Gearino

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