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Distributed Energy Resources: How Utilities Have Stared Death in the Face and Emerged Victorious

utilities have traditionally seen as their bread and butter. Massive utility-scale solar and wind installations are popping up across the country. As the ... only increase as America races to electrify much of its energy sector and

Black Market Crude: Organized Crime and Environmental Externalities in Nigeria’s Oil Sector

intertwined with natural resources (Dube and Vargas 2013, Berman et al. 2017 ... capture the state in resource-rich nations, and unequal distribution of ... , processing, and sale of natural resources. Yet little is known about how these

Fuel Efficiency Rollbacks Are Bad for Consumers, Climate, and Public Health

, technology lapses, and the unpopularity of electric and cleaner cars as ... by 2025 and were seen as a major victory for President Obama. The EPA ... reexamine these targets and create a new proposal for cars built between 2022

Lithium: The Link Between the Ukraine War and the Clean Energy Transition

was created–and also an energy crisis. Europe is heavily reliant on Russian energy, sourcing 40% of its oil and natural gas from the invading nation. Some saw the war as a wake-up call for global energy security and a

For Effective Climate Finance, Developing Countries and MDBs Lead by Example

sensitive issue: climate finance. That morning, UN Climate Envoy and former ... coalition of the world’s biggest investors, banks and insurers that ... countries and banks, there is no enforcement mechanism or transparency—we must

Cap-and-Trade Program Would Speed Adoption of Renewables and Cut Emissions in PA, New Study Finds

Cap-And-Trade Program Would Speed Adoption of Renewables and Cut Emissions in Pa., New Study Finds

Are Those Who Most Benefit from the IRA Aware It Exists? Guidance for Stakeholders and Policymakers

IRA is not perfect and that there are a number of concessions that were made to appease fossil fuel interests (e.g., allowing existing oil and ... necessary for poor and developing nations to catch up to developed nations

Part 1: Artificial Arctic Feedback Loops: How Might Market Forces and Geopolitics Influence an Evolving North?

% of arctic sea ice was thicker and more resilient multi-year ice. In ... frozen for thousands of years, releasing methane and other greenhouse gases. These gases will further increase global carbon emissions and inevitably

Can Nuclear Power and Coal Plant Communities Bail Each Other Out?

employs a large number of people with high-paying jobs and provides ... symbiotic relationship between the nuclear power industry and former coal ... .S. Department of Energy (DOE) found that of 394 retired and operating coal power