Press Archive

What 2024 Will Mean For Clean Energy – In Megatons

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal discusses different climate policies and what the modeling shows for their projected emissions impacts.

Elections 2024: Biden-Era Energy, Climate Regulations Reach Crossroads

EI’s Robbie Orvis discusses recent projections that a full implementation of Project 2025 would put the U.S. on track to fall 27 percentage points short of the Paris goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

EV Or Gas Car: What’s More Cost-Effective To Own In The Long Run?

EI finds that it is cheaper to fill up an EV in all 50 states, compared to filling up a gasoline powered vehicle.

Electricity Prices Are On The Rise. Is It Inflation Or An Underlying Issue?

Research by EI found that states with high levels of wind and solar generation like New Mexico, Iowa, and Oklahoma have experienced the lowest rate increases in energy bills.

Alabama Lagging Other States In Renewable Energy Generation

EI’s Brendan Pierpont explains that the adoption of clean energy is surging and that it has increased grid capacity nationwide.

Hundreds Of Mayors Agree To Set The Pace For Electric Vehicle Adoption

Analysis by EI finds that it is cheaper to fill an electric vehicle than a gas-powered vehicle in every state.

Hydrogen’s Narrow Pathway To Positive Climate Impacts

EI’s Dan Esposito explains that American hydrogen policy is heavily weighted towards supply-sided subsidies, which could encourage its implementation in low-value uses.

Hungry For Clean Energy, Facebook Looks To A New Type Of Geothermal

EI’s Michelle Solomon explains that enhanced geothermal energy might play a small role in the near term, but its importance will grow.

Inflation Reduction Act Two Years Later: Clean Manufacturing Investment Boom

Two years after the Inflation Reduction Act was signed, a clean energy manufacturing boom is recharging communities and creating jobs.

Why Harris Might Struggle To Win Climate

EI’s Robbie Orvis explains modeling that shows an 18 percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade under Project 2025 climate policies.

Coal Barons Make Enough Money: Ratepayers Sue PSC Over Coal Plant Use Directive

EI analysis finds that energy produced from coal-fired plants is uneconomical, as new rate hikes impact New England states, West Virginia, California, and Indiana.

Harris Inherits A Climate Countdown

EI’s Robbie Orvis discusses recent modeling which finds that carbon emission levels would raise 18 percent higher in 2030 under Project 2025 climate policies.

Harris Vs. Trump And The Future Of FERC’s Grid Policy

EI’s Michelle Solomon explains that it will be up to FERC to judge the compliance plans, and that both prospective administrations have extremely different plans.

Inflation Reduction Act Two Years Later: Historic Industry Investment

The Inflation Reduction Act has invested more money in clean industry than any other U.S. policy, spurring a zero-carbon industrial transition.

Manufacturing Is Back, Baby

EI’s Jack Conness explains that the IRA and CHIPS have more than doubled investment in manufacturing construction and created nearly 127,000 new jobs.

The U.S. Electrical Grid Is Getting More Gigawatts. But Is It Enough?

EI’s Eric Gimon explains that new solar and wind power are joining the grid as coal power plants are being taken offline.

How Booming Electricity Demand Is Stalling Efforts To Retire Coal And Gas, In Charts

EI’s Michelle Solomon discusses how expanding coal and gas power is not the best option to deal with increasing electricity demand due to limited capacity and the high costs.

Carbon Removals Aren’t Just About Getting the Science Right

Recent EI calculations finds that Project 2025’s energy proposals would cause a significant increase in U.S. emissions.

The Hidden Reason Why Your Power Bill Is So High

EI’s Brendan Pierpont discusses finding that utility companies are not expanding the grid in a way that would benefit clean energy producers.

Geothermal Energy Storage Is Making A Big Leap In Texas

Recent analysis by EI finds that enacting policies from Project 2025 would result in 1.7 million fewer jobs, 2,000 pollution-related premature deaths, and boost U.S. emissions by about 780 million metric tons per year by 2030.