
‘Virtual’ Power Plants Give the Grid Vital Flexibility
Virtual power plants are aggregations of electricity producers, consumers and storers that power grid managers can call on to balance electricity demand and supply

‘Virtual’ Power Plants Give the Grid Vital Flexibility
Virtual power plants are aggregations of electricity producers, consumers and storers that power grid managers can call on to balance electricity demand and supply

Key Biden Climate Pollution Metric Is Safe—For Now
Supreme Court justices declined to decide whether the Biden administration is placing too high a value on the cost to society of spewing carbon and other planet-warming gases


September Was the Most Anomalously Hot Month Ever
September shattered a record for the highest temperature anomaly of any month and could help push 2023 to be the first year to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures

EPA’s Critics Recycle Nonsense about Cost to Cut Pollution
For decades industry has claimed that curbing pollution costs too much, but the reality has proven otherwise. Here we go again, this time on power plant carbon emissions

Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees C ‘Remains Possible,’ Energy Experts Say
Governments must “separate climate from geopolitics” and work together to triple renewables and deeply cut planet-warming emissions, says International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol

Kids Sued Montana over Climate Change and Won
Climate activists say the ruling in favor of youth who sued Montana sends the signal that the courts can provide a “viable and powerful” strategy for battling climate change

How Biden’s Climate Policies Could Still Cut Emissions in Half
The president is close to fulfilling his promise to cut carbon pollution in half, but everything has to go right

Climate Law Will Slash Emissions—Maybe Halving Them by 2035
Major climate models agree that the Inflation Reduction Act was a “huge step forward” in cutting U.S. emissions

In a First, Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Coal in U.S.
Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year, as several coal plants closed and gas prices dropped

First U.S. Climate Trial Begins and Is Led by Kids
The nation’s first climate trial, led by kids, will open on Monday in Montana but could have ramifications outside the state’s borders

The Willow Project Promises a Worse Future for Alaska—And for Earth
Oil companies can’t be trusted in times of disaster; just ask an Alaskan

New EPA Rules Would Slash Power Plant Emissions
The EPA has announced new draft rules that would require power plants that burn fossil fuels to capture 90 percent of their climate-warming emissions