According to a recent analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S. produced a record amount of energy last year, totaling 103 quadrillion British thermal units (BTUs). The amount of energy produced in 2024 surpassed the previous record set in 2023 by 1%. However, while U.S. energy production is up, including for solar […]
More than $14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled or delayed in the United States since January, according to a new analysis by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nonprofit clean energy business group. The 2025 losses have also cost 10,000 new jobs in low-carbon energy and clean vehicle factories, a press release from E2 […]
In 2018, devastating rains hit Mike Tidwell’s community of Takoma Park, Maryland, leading to a loss of tree canopy the following year unparalleled in the city’s history. After the torrential rainfall, Tidwell went on a kind of detective’s quest to find out what was killing the trees of Willow Avenue and elsewhere in Takoma Park, […]
A new youth climate lawsuit by 22 Americans aged seven to 25 alleges that the Trump administration is engaging in unlawful executive overreach by issuing executive orders that intentionally boost the production of fossil fuels while frustrating the growth of renewable energy. In Lighthiser v. Trump, filed in the United States District Court for the […]
Nearly 70 percent of China’s foreign power investments from 2022 to 2023 were in renewables like solar and wind, surpassing fossil fuels for the first time since Beijing started backing power projects overseas in the early 2000s, according to a new analysis from the Global Development Policy (GDP) Center at Boston University (BU). The shift […]
The European Union is “well on track” to achieve its climate targets for 2030, according to the European Commission. An assessment of the EU’s updated National Climate and Energy Plans (NECPs) shows the bloc is on course for a 54 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with 1990 levels by the end of the […]
A recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) has predicted that demand will outpace supply for copper and lithium over the next 10 years as these critical minerals face higher demand for the green energy transition. The Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 report has predicted rapidly scaling demand for copper could potentially lead to […]
State action to reduce carbon emissions and address climate change can make a big difference, even in the absence of a strong federal climate strategy, according to a new study led by researchers from North Carolina State University (NC State). The researchers found that, while state measures to tackle climate change are just slightly more […]
According to the Global EV Outlook 2025 report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), 2025 is set to be big for EV sales. The report predicts that about one in four cars sold worldwide this year will be electric, despite overall market uncertainties. In total, the agency has anticipated that more than 20 million EVs […]
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