The Era Of Polluting The Atmosphere For Free Is Coming To A Close

EI’s Chris Busch says the political liabilities of a carbon tax are clear, and if there is too much of a price shock there is push back, but if changes are incremental enough people have time to adjust.

Cities Try To Phase Out Gas Stoves—But Cooks Are Pushing Back

EI’s Sara Baldwin says eventually buildings will need to be fully electrified, including stovetops, to meet ambitious emissions-reduction goals, presenting an existential threat to the gas industry.

Report Projects Major Health, Air Quality Benefits From US Clean Power Standard

EI report analyzing seven recent studies on a potential CES found that several concluded wholesale power prices would decline by 2030 under such a policy while clean energy jobs and investment would surge.

Federal Clean Energy Standard ‘One Of The Best Ways’ To Reach Decarbonization Goals, Report Says

EI’s meta-analysis of seven studies that model clean energy policy packages highlights the profound benefits and feasibility of achieving 80 percent clean electricity by 2030.

Biden’s Clean Electricity Plan Gets A Boost — Report

EI’s Dan Esposito says the combined benefits of a clean electricity standard are so enormous that adopting a clean electricity standard would amount to a no regrets energy policy.

China Carbon Market A Milestone In Global Climate Effort

EI’s Chris Busch says China’s new carbon market could help reduce the friction a border adjustment might cause by providing a natural policy lever for China to clean up its industrial sectors and increase harmonization between China and the E.U. on climate.

Retaking The Lead In Electric Vehicle Exports And Recharging Manufacturing Jobs Requires The Full American Jobs Plan

EI’s Chris Busch explains why the American Jobs Plan’s smart investments in domestic manufacturing would re-establish the U.S. as the world’s top electric vehicle exporter while creating millions of quality jobs.

Mich. Utility To Quit Coal By 2025, Buy Natural Gas Plants

EI’s Dan Esposito calls for using all-source procurement, a competitive process in which utilities specify certain demand and reliability benchmarks over a given time period and the market dictates what technology and costs are needed to meet them, creating the opportunity for cleaner and cheaper resources to win out in the end.

Inside Clean Energy: From Sweden, a Potential Breakthrough for Clean Steel

EI’s Jeff Rissman says the process being used by the Swedish company HYBRIT is not the only way to make zero-carbon steel, and there is promising research being done on other approaches.

Arizona shows pitfalls of Biden’s 100% clean energy plan

EI’s Mike O’Boyle says the job of a utility regulator is to ensure that utilities do what they say and to hold them accountable to do things that you believe are in the public interest.