Press Archive

How Feasible Is Green Hydrogen? Some Back-Of-The-Envelope Calculations

EI’s Eric Gimon examines how green hydrogen could help decarbonize heavy industry and its potential to rival fossil fuels in the markets.

Clean Steel Could Help The U.S. Reach Zero-Carbon Industry

EI’s Nik Sawe explains the potential that green steel has on decarbonizing the industry and reducing its negative climate impact.

EPA Didn’t Ban Gas Cars. It Cut Air Pollution So We Can Breathe Easier

EI’s Sara Baldwin highlights that light-duty vehicles contribute to almost 60 percent of the transportation sector’s climate pollution. Thus, reducing tailpipe emissions is imperative to address widespread air pollution.

Biden’s Softer Climate Regulation Shows Bit U.S. Bet On Subsidies To Decarbonize

EI’s Mike O’Boyle explains that in order for the U.S. to hit their clean energy goals, there must be an extraordinary and coordinated effort.

Biden and Your Utility Bills: Could Prices Go Up If He Doesn’t Step In?

EI analysis shows the LNG export terminal pause could protect U.S. consumers from massive natural gas costs — up to 14% higher in extra costs per year,

‘It’s Crazy’: How Soaring PG&E Rates Are Impacting California’s Electric Car Owners

EI’s Jack Conness explains that despite the PG&E rate hikes, it is still cheaper to fill up an electric vehicle than to fill up a similar model with gasoline.

How To Achieve Zero-Carbon In Industry With Jeffrey Rissman 2-23-2024

EI’s Jeff Rissman discusses his new book, “Zero-Carbon Industry: Transformative Technologies and Policies to Achieve Sustainable Prosperity”, in which he describes as a groundbreaking plan for transitioning the industrial sector to zero emissions by 2035.

Right To Repair: Making Products Last Longer Saves Money And The Climate

EI’s Nik Sawe discusses how saving money and helping the environment are two of the benefits of a good right to repair law.

Climate’s Industrial-Sized Problem Calls For Electrification

EI’s Jeff Rissman discusses how industrial emissions can be cut, if fossil fuels are replaced with zero-emissions energy sources.

Why Is Biden Blocking The Cheapest, Most Popular EVs In The World?

EI’s Anand Gopal talks about how close to 90 percent of emissions of a fossil fuel vehicle are from the combustion of the fuel, making EVs better for the environment.

Episode 24-3: Book Review – The Author Of Zero Carbon Industry Discusses His Recently Released Book

EI’s Jeff Rissman discusses his book, Zero-Carbon industry, which provides a detailed plan to decarbonize industry.

Wildfires On The Ballot

EI’s Jack Conness tracked Inflation Reduction Act spending and found that investments are primarily going to the Midwest and Southeast.

Is Biden’s Climate Law Actually Working?

EI’s post-IRA projections forecasted that EV sales would be between 8.1 percent to 9.4 percent of sales in 2023.

A Progress Report on the IRA Shows Electric Vehicle Adoption Is Going Well. Renewable Energy Deployment, Not So Much

EI’s Anand Gopal weighs in on the progress of EV adaptation and the missed opportunity for wind energy since the IRA was signed into law.

Climate & Energy

EI’s Jeff Rissman’s “Zero-Carbon Industry” provides a guide to technologies and policies that can curb emissions from industry.

Record US Renewable Energy Investment Not Enough To Meet Climate Goals – Report

EI research finds that the U.S. is making progress toward achieving a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, but utility-scale clean energy expansion is lagging,

Here’s Where Biden’s Climate Law Is Working, And Where It’s Falling Short

Recent analysis finds that EV sales are at the upper end of EI projections, but utility-scale clean energy fell short.

How A TikTok Campaign Pushed Biden To Pause Plans For A Gulf Coast Gas Terminal

EI analysis shows that Biden’s recent LNG export terminal pause could protect U.S. consumers from price hikes of up to 14 percent a year.

U.S. Gas Prices Could Spike 14% Without Biden’s Pause On New LNG Export Terminals

EI’s Silvio Marcacci explains how new EI analysis shows that the LNG export terminal pause could insulate American consumers from up to $18 billion in annual energy costs.

‘In A Word, Horrific’: Trump’s Extreme Anti-Environment Blueprint.

EI’s Anand Gopal doesn’t believe that Trump would be able to replace the IRA, but he acknowledges that if he did, the global impact would be disastrous.