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White House Promotes Faraway Promise Of Green Hydrogen
EI’s Mike O’Boyle says it’s not a viable strategy for blended hydrogen to replace natural gas that is going toward homes, industry, and power plants to reduce the emissions associated with the whole system.
From Grief To Action: Lessons From A Climate Hero
EI’s Mary Anne Hitt says it’s important climate solutions make people’s daily lives better – cleaning up pollution hotspots, creating new economic opportunity in communities that have been left out, and restoring landscapes hammered by the fossil fuel industry.
From Grief To Action: Lessons From A Climate Hero
EI’s Mary Anne Hitt shares heartfelt thoughts on climate advocacy and the pandemic in this Q&A.
The Daily Climate Debate: How Easy Is It To Live A Green Lifestyle?
EI’s Bruce Nilles says we can’t solve climate change unless governments enact policies to make it easy and affordable for consumers to transition away from fossil fuels.
Advancing The Energy Transition Requires An Honest Discussion Of Costs, Outages And Land, Analysts Say
EI’s Eric Gimon says reliability with high renewables penetrations will also be threatened without more resource flexibility and more resource locational and technological diversity.
Natural Gas Prices Are Rising. Here’s Why That Helps the Cleanest (and Dirtiest) Electricity Sources
EI’s Eric Gimon says wind farms and solar arrays can gain from higher gas prices if they are selling some of their output at market prices, but most of them are selling power at predetermined prices to utilities, corporations, or other buyers.
Biden’s Clean Energy, Net-Zero Goals ‘Not Feasible’ — Report
EI research with UC Berkeley found the U.S. could reach 90 percent carbon-free power by 2035, without straining the grid or raising costs for electricity consumers, and a separate review of 11 recent power-sector studies found that 80 percent of electricity could be decarbonized by 2030.
New Law Sets End Dates For Fossil-Fuel Power Plants, But Illinois Coal Mining Remains A Huge Contributor To Climate-Changing Pollution
EI’s Bruce Nilles says Illinois is going through a remarkable transformation from a coal-driven state to one powered by prairie winds and long sunny days.
Reconciliation Bill Would Slash Emissions. But By How Much?
EI’s Robbie Orvis says we should have better accounting of the provisions in any climate legislation, so we know what the emissions reductions are going to be and to make sure that we’re focusing our efforts on the things that are really going to reduce emissions.
Major Utility Questions Biden’s Signature Climate Plan
EI’s Mike O’Boyle says modeling shows it is possible for utilities to increase clean electricity sales by 4 percent annually and that it’s important to include penalties to ensure utilities meet their commitments.