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Inside Clean Energy: The Idea of Energy Efficiency Needs to Be Reinvented

Incremental gains are no longer good enough if the goal is to get carbon dioxide emissions to zero, a researcher argues.

By Dan Gearino

A three-dimensional lighting installation is pictured in Ganton Street on Nov. 10, 2021 in London, United Kingdom. The installation features 51 oversized LED light bulbs and was commissioned to James Glancey Design. Credit: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures
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

New York City skyline at dusk. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

New York City Sets Ambitious New Rules for Its Biggest Emitters: Buildings

By Nicholas Kusnetz

National Renewable Energy Lab researcher David Moore holds a perovskite ink painted solar cell. Credit: Dennis Schroeder/NREL

Trump's Budget Cuts Could Have a Chilling Effect on U.S. Clean Energy Leadership

By Dan Gearino

Home-builder Bill Decker explains some of the techniques used to create highly energy-efficient homes in chilly southeast Michigan. Credit: Dan Gearino/InsideClimate News

Net-Zero Energy Homes Pay Off Faster Than You Think—Even in the Chilly Midwest

By Dan Gearino

Air conditioning units line a street in New Delhi, India. Credit: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

Rising Demand for Air Conditioning Is Adding to Global Warming. The Numbers Are Striking.

By Phil McKenna

What's Really Behind the Drop in CO2 Emissions?

By Maria Gallucci

Ernie Moniz

Gas Industry Push to Kill Clean Energy Law Splits Greens

By Maria Gallucci

Mass. Governor Deval Patrick signs an energy law

In RGGI States, Critical Revenues Seen Doubling

By Maria Gallucci

House Republican leadership press conference

Clean Energy on GOP Chopping Block 13x

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Clean air rally in Oakland, Calif.

California Torn Over Cap & Trade Riches

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

New York City solar map created by the City University of New York.

NYC Takes Red Tape Out of Building Green

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

A Fix for Broken Home Energy Program?

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger walks between solar panels after at

Clean Economy Week: New Green Jobs Data Shows Promise

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Downtown Chicago, Gravitywave on flickr

National Building Audit Will Reset Energy Benchmarks

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Chris Christie delivers FY2013 budget address at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J.

Clean Economy Week: NJ Gov Seeks to Empty Green Fund

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Gov. Deval Patrick

Climate Pact Gives Mass. Economy Jobs and Needed Lift

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

On Sept. 8, Pres. Obama outlined his $447 billion jobs plan

Obama Told to Unlock $2.7B in Green Funds

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

City of Austin Power Plant

Texas Heat Spurs Home Efficiency Upgrades

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

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