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Chart: The UK is about to stop using coal to produce electricity
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fossil-fuels/chart-the-uk-is-about-to-stop-using-coal-to-produce-electricity
Published: September 6, 2024 07:30
The country that once boasted the world’s first coal-fired power plant is now set to eliminate the highly polluting fossil fuel from its power grid. In late September, the United Kingdom will shutter the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, the country’s last…
Colorado’s plan to cut carbon from big buildings gets a $20M boost
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/carbon-free-buildings/colorados-plan-to-cut-carbon-from-big-buildings-gets-a-20m-boost
Published: September 6, 2024 07:30
Colorado just got a big boost to help slash planet-warming emissions from commercial buildings. Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the state was selected to receive a $20 million grant to help implement its building performance…
Canary Live Bay Area: We're back! Get your tickets today
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fun-stuff/canary-live-bay-area-were-back-get-your-tickets-today
Published: September 5, 2024 15:05
California lawmakers punt on chances to deal with utility bill crisis
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/utilities/california-lawmakers-punt-on-chances-to-deal-with-utility-bill-crisis
Published: September 5, 2024 07:30
California’s power system is in a difficult spot — and so are the utility customers stuck paying for it. The state’s utilities have to expand their power grids to support the shift to carbon-free electricity, and they must harden those grids to reduce the…
Advocates push back on DOE-funded plan to make steel with plastic-based fuel
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-industry/advocates-push-back-on-doe-funded-plan-to-make-steel-with-plastic-based-fuel
Published: September 5, 2024 07:30
This article was originally published by Inside Climate News . Jane Williams read the announcement with dismay. A Pennsylvania company was getting tens of millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to turn plastic waste into a fuel for steelmaking,…
EV sales are growing. So why are automakers getting cold feet?
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/electric-vehicles/ev-sales-are-growing-so-why-are-automakers-getting-cold-feet
Published: September 4, 2024 07:30
There's a bit of a disturbing trend in the automotive world right now. Several traditional automakers are suddenly easing off the electrification accelerator in response to a perceived slowdown in EV interest and sales. Whether that slowdown is real or…
Berkeley’s gas ban was blocked in court. Now a new plan has emerged.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/carbon-free-buildings/berkeleys-pioneering-gas-ban-was-blocked-in-court-its-got-a-new-plan
Published: September 4, 2024 07:30
After the courts squashed its first-in-the-nation natural gas ban, the city of Berkeley, California, has emerged with a new strategy to curb the planet-warming fossil fuel: taxing large buildings that use it. On November 5, residents of the Bay Area city…
The country’s biggest electric school bus fleet will also feed the grid
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-fleets/the-biggest-electric-school-bus-as-grid-battery-project-in-the-us-goes-live
Published: September 3, 2024 07:30
When Ritu Narayan, CEO and co-founder of Zum , looks at the 74 electric school buses and chargers her startup has deployed at a former industrial site in East Oakland, California, she sees a future where clean transportation and a clean and reliable grid…
Duke Energy’s plans for more gas gain traction with former critics
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/utilities/duke-energys-plans-for-more-gas-gain-traction-with-former-critics
Published: September 3, 2024 07:30
This story was first published by Energy News Network . An array of critics came out swinging in January when Duke Energy first filed its plans in North Carolina for one of the largest fossil fuel investments in the country. But as the months have…