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Chinese solar panel imports to Pakistan are soaring this year

Chinese solar panels exports to Pakistan are set to exceed last years's record-breaking total as Pakistanis adopt solar at a record pace to avoid rolling power blackouts and high electricity bills.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
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Global copper supplies won’t keep up with demand: report

Global copper supplies are projected to fall short of what the world needs to meet electricity demand growth, according to the International Energy Agency.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
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Five states lead on solar and wind manufacturing. Here’s why.

Texas, New York, Georgia, Ohio and New Mexico — in that order — together attracted nearly half of all solar and wind manufacturing dollars in the U.S. from 2018 through 2024.
Explainers
Jillian Mock 4 min read
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Behind the scenes: moving massive wind turbines

Anca Gurzu shares her experience of visiting a key Danish port for Europe's offshore wind turbines.
Reporter's Notebook
Anca Gurzu 4 min read

Clean energy manufacturing is the path to mineral security

To build their own supply chains for critical minerals, the EU and U.S. will need to first ensure there is large and ongoing mineral demand from the clean technology industry.
Voices
Milo McBride 3 min read
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Tariffs threaten U.S. steel and aluminum supply chains

China, Canada and Mexico are the largest suppliers of steel and aluminum products to the United States.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
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Europe rushes to boost cleantech as US gives sector the cold shoulder

This new transatlantic dynamic could offer Europe the chance to reposition itself over the United States as a more attractive destination for cleantech investments.
Latest News
Anca Gurzu 4 min read
An illustration of a European Union and American flag with cartoon legs running in opposite directions on a running track. Icons of representing different clean energy technologies appear in the background.

Cipher roundup: Funding freeze, IRA, tariffs, layoffs and Russia

Cipher’s reporters have been following the latest energy and climate developments. We’re providing a high-level look at where things stand on several key topics, including quick analysis from our team and top news stories.
Latest News
Cipher Staff 7 min read
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Europe races to boost industry as Trump, climate and geopolitics loom

Europe's Clean Industrial Deal aims to revitalize the bloc's industrial sector and boost cleantech while also accelerating decarbonization.
Data Dives
Anca Gurzu 2 min read
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A reporter tracks climate impacts and solutions in Chile

A journey through Chile is a journey into the energy transition.
Reporter's Notebook
Bill Spindle 3 min read
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On Chile’s coast, a rare earths mining operation seeks to uplift locals and counter China

A mining company backed by a traditional steelmaker takes a shot at mining rare earth elements along the Chilean coast.
Latest News
Bill Spindle & Patricia Garip 5 min read
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Miles high in the Andes, a lot depends on this lithium partnership

Chile has a lot to offer the world in terms of critical minerals for the energy transition. Getting those minerals out of the ground is neither simple or without cost.
Latest News
Bill Spindle & Patricia Garip 6 min read
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Chile offers case study in critical mineral mining

Critical minerals — from copper to lithium and rare earth elements — are essential to the energy transition. But getting them from the earth into use isn’t easy.
Explainers
Bill Spindle 5 min read
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Heat pumps in Poland, clean energy in Spain and batteries in France

Investing in Europe, rather than in imports, should be a no-regret strategy. Early successes already exist across the Continent.
Voices
Linda Kalcher 3 min read
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Cipher analysis: Emerging clean technologies see sharp drop in investments this year

Spending announced for several key emerging clean technologies in the United States fell this year, as market forces, lack of infrastructure and political and regulatory uncertainty disrupted the momentum built up in recent years.
Latest News
Amena H. Saiyid 4 min read
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What Trump’s win means for China’s cleantech industry

The 2024 U.S. election results mean uncertainty — and potential opportunities — to Chinese firms and researchers.
Latest News
Xiaoying You 5 min read
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Global cleantech market to top $2 trillion by 2035 – IEA

The global clean technology market has more than tripled in the last eight years and, under current policies, is expected to nearly triple again by 2035.
Data Dives
Cat Clifford 2 min read
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How to improve life for humanity — and not worsen global warming

Access to reliable energy dramatically improves the quality of people’s lives. And the world needs a lot more energy to bring billions of people out of poverty.
Explainers
Cat Clifford 4 min read
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What does Trump’s win mean for the energy transition? We asked these 7 experts

Leading experts share what Trump's win in the U.S. presidential election means for domestic and global climate and clean energy initiatives.
Latest News
Amena H. Saiyid 4 min read
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Why cleantech is booming in GOP-led states

Whether it’s storing carbon dioxide, making wind turbines, installing solar panels or producing electric vehicles, Republican-leaning states are outpacing their Democratic counterparts in drawing coveted investment dollars.
Explainers
Amena H. Saiyid 4 min read
An illustration of the United States, with some of the states highlighted in red. Around the map there are green icons of wind turbines, solar power, nuclear energy, biofuels and batteries.

GOP states won’t abandon cleantech if Trump wins, report predicts

Republican-leaning states are unlikely to abandon approved clean energy projects if former President Donald Trump wins a second term in office, a new analysis by Rystad Energy shows.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
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Renewable hydrogen can unlock green steel promise

Clean hydrogen is a potential game-changer for the steel industry. To realize all the benefits of sustainable steelmaking, the government needs to commit to hydrogen made from renewable energy.
Voices
Hilary Lewis 3 min read
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How to get solar power from space

A step-by-step breakdown that involves 60,000 layers of power modules the size of coffee tables tens of thousands of miles away from Earth.
Explainers
Anca Gurzu 5 min read
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At two years, GOP states benefit the most from climate law

At the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, the nation's signature climate law, Republican-led states are benefiting most from the law's clean energy tax credits.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
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We have questions about electrolyzers, the machines making clean hydrogen… These executives have answers

Cipher sat down with executives from a handful of companies making electrolyzers, the machines that make clean hydrogen using renewable energy, to get the lay of the land.
Q&A
Amena H. Saiyid 4 min read

Demand is growing for hydrogen-making electrolyzers. What exactly are they?

As demand grows for electrolyzers, Cipher explains what these machines are and why they are so critical to meeting U.S. goals for clean hydrogen as a viable alternative to emissions-intensive fossil fuels.
Explainers
Amena H. Saiyid 6 min read
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Surging power demand fuels new nuclear interest, federal funding

The exploding global demand for energy, combined with the urgent race to reduce carbon emissions, is focusing interest and investment on the once-staid, long-stagnant nuclear industry.
Latest News
Cat Clifford 5 min read
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How to understand new nuclear energy

The nuclear industry is attempting to reinvent itself. To meet growing demand for clean, always-on energy, companies and governments are developing innovative nuclear plants that come in smaller sizes and use more advanced, and potentially safer, technologies.
Explainers
Cat Clifford 6 min read
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Industrial emissions poised to become largest U.S. carbon source 

The industrial sector is slated to become the largest source of carbon emissions in the United States over the next decade, according to new data from the Rhodium Group shared exclusively with Cipher. 
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
Industrial emissions are poised to become the largest source of U.S. emissions in the next decade, even surpassing the transportation sector, according to Rhodium Group's new findings, shared exclusively with Cipher.

U.S. cleantech spending benefits marginalized communities

Communities hit hardest by climate impacts, unchecked pollution and coal-related job losses have received an outsized share of U.S. cleantech spending under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, according to an updated Clean Investment Monitor analysis shared exclusively with Cipher.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
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How to close the ‘missing middle’

There is a financing gap in the economy for getting so-called ‘first of their kind’ projects to scale. A few solutions could help cleantech companies and investors bridge that gap.
Voices
Heather Zichal & Ramaswamy Variankaval 4 min read
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Trade is key to countering China’s clean energy dominance

Contrary to today’s protectionist trends, the best antidote to concerns about China’s cleantech dominance is more trade, not less.
Voices
Jason Bordoff 5 min read
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Plotting a new clean industrial revolution

Cipher journalists were on the ground in London last week covering the second-ever Breakthrough Energy Summit. Here are some of the key takeaways from that event.
Latest News
Cipher Staff 6 min read
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Get to know this secret climate tech star

Catch up on Cipher's full profile of MIT professor and serial entrepreneur Yet-Ming Chiang.
Latest News
Cat Clifford 11 min read
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How a secret climate star turns ‘stone soup’ into climate progress

Professor and serial entrepreneur Yet-Ming Chiang's superpower is getting the right people around a cutting-edge idea and helping bring out their best
Latest News
Cat Clifford 6 min read
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Meet the MIT professor who is a secret star of climate tech innovation

If you’re not deeply enmeshed in climate tech innovation, there’s a good chance you don’t know the name Yet-Ming Chiang. But if you are, you probably do — or you know about the companies he has helped launch.
Latest News
Cat Clifford 6 min read
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Lithium leads critical minerals boom: Cipher tracker

North Carolina and Nevada are emerging as centers of mining and processing lithium, a mineral critical for electric vehicle batteries and energy storage. The article examines the progress the United States has made since the enactment of key federal laws in establishing manufacturing facilities to make battery ready lithium.
Latest News
Amena H. Saiyid 6 min read
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Nickel illustrates China conundrum on critical minerals

Nickel refining offers a case study of the complex challenges the world faces in ramping up the use of minerals needed to drive the global clean energy transition.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
IEA graph showing Chinese dominance of the battery supply chain.

How teamwork could be Europe’s secret sauce on cleantech

The European Union is scrambling not to lag behind in the global cleantech race. One solution? Be a better team player at home.
Latest News
Anca Gurzu 5 min read
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China makes most of the world’s batteries

The energy transition depends on batteries and right now, China dominates almost every stage of the process of making them, a recent report makes clear.
Data Dives
Cat Clifford < 1
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Europe passes cleantech law everyone agrees is not enough

Europe’s new law is meant to make it easier to get a manufacturing hub off the ground for key clean technologies. Supporters say the law is a good step forward; critics say it's a missed opportunity.
Latest News
Anca Gurzu 5 min read
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Cleaner burning aviation fuels poised for takeoff

Production of cleaner burning sustainable aviation fuels in the U.S. is set to surge in the next 10 years with the help of policy incentives, airline demand and available feedstocks.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
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Australia’s top renewable energy state aims for more, much more

The state of South Australia has too much renewable energy. It plans to build way more.
Latest News
Bill Spindle 5 min read
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US battery and solar factories surged last year

Despite economic headwinds, the number of announced cleantech manufacturing facilities in the U.S. continued to rise throughout 2023, primarily thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid < 1
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With China’s dominance, cement emissions poised to grow

Cement emissions in economically developing parts of the world could double by the end of this century.
Data Dives
Amy Harder < 1
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Climate, AI and energy security drive CERAWeek confab

One of the world’s largest energy conferences, CERAWeek, is underway this week in Texas. It's the first major gathering of the energy industry since COP28.
Latest News
Amena H. Saiyid 3 min read
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Changing the relationship between mining and Native American Tribes

To move forward with mining projects on or near Tribal lands, we need to right past wrongs and build projects that are designed with and for Tribes.
Voices
Morgan Bazilian, Daniel Cardenas, & Rick Tallman 3 min read
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Chinese solar panel manufacturing outpaces global demand

China is producing far more solar panel modules than the world is on track to use. The implications of the mismatch could reach far beyond the country’s borders.
Data Dives
Bill Spindle 2 min read
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Europe turns to energy-intensive imports amid high electricity prices

One consequence of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis has been a slump in domestic manufacturing and an increase in energy-intensive imports to the bloc.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
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Let’s build an apprenticeship program for climate entrepreneurs

It’s time for startups to actively adopt a cleantech apprenticeship model from their inception. The urgency of climate change today means we don't have the luxury of letting apprentice-mentor relationships form organically.  
Voices
Alice Havill 4 min read
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Clean energy fueled China’s economy last year

Massive investments in solar power, electric vehicles and battery storage accounted for virtually all of China's economic growth in 2023.
Data Dives
Bill Spindle 2 min read
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Why cleantech groups want the EU’s public lending arm to prop them up

They want the European Investment Bank to offer them a safety net through so-called public guarantees, which they argue would allow for a faster scale-up of emerging technologies.
Explainers
Anca Gurzu 4 min read
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High costs deter investors from industrial sector technologies

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the global industrial sector is an uphill battle because investors are reluctant to pour money into costly, emerging technologies like clean hydrogen, according to Bloomberg NEF’s latest findings.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
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A climate work visa to unlock global cleantech talent

To bridge the talent gap and accelerate global efforts toward a greener future, the Global North, including the U.S. and Europe, should implement a climate-focused visa program.  
Voices
Harshita Mira Venkatesh 3 min read
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Africa’s critical minerals could play bigger role in U.S. energy transition

U.S. climate laws give African countries a new chance to get in on America’s manufacturing supply chains.
Data Dives
Bill Spindle 2 min read

African energy leader calls for reality check on minerals extraction

The world is failing to pay sufficient attention to the energy-intensive practice of mineral extraction, which takes place under questionable human rights and working conditions in many low- and middle-income countries, Amani Abou-Zeid told Cipher.
Latest News
Anca Gurzu 2 min read
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Cleantech startups spot government funding gap

Proponents of clean steel say they have identified a gap in tax credits that affects makers of a wide range of sustainable materials.
Latest News
Amena H. Saiyid 4 min read
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India’s steel industry faces a long path to net zero

Green steel is in India’s future. But decarbonizing one of the most stubborn sectors of the economy will take decades, according to a new report.
Data Dives
Bill Spindle 2 min read
India’s steel industry is expected to slowly decarbonize.

Proposed ‘forever chemicals’ ban rattles Europe’s cleantech sector

PFAS are little discussed in the clean energy industry yet they are crucial components of technologies like wind turbines, renewable hydrogen, electric batteries and power grids.
Latest News
Anca Gurzu 4 min read
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Startups race to make steel cheaply and cleanly

Electra and Boston Metal are among a handful of startups seeking to upend the traditional emissions-intensive way of making steel.
Latest News
Amena H. Saiyid 5 min read
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Here are the five states leading on cleantech investments

Electric cars and their supply chains are driving record cleantech investments across the United States, led by California, Texas and Florida.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid < 1
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U.S. cleantech investment soars, new database finds

U.S. cleantech investments have nearly tripled in the past five years since the enactment of three key pieces of legislation, according to a new database from Rhodium Group and MIT CEEPR.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read
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Border carbon taxes poised to shut out lower income nations

Critics say a border carbon tax on dirtier and cheaper imports will result in an unjust energy transition for poorer countries in violation of the Paris Agreement.
Latest News
Amena H. Saiyid 4 min read
Flags of developing countries over a picture of the Earth on one side and pennies cut to look like Pacmen surround a smokestack on the other.

One year into climate law, data shows U.S. lagging 2030 goals

One year after becoming law, recent studies by the Rhodium Group and BloombergNEF show the Inflation Reduction Act will have "a muted impact" on the industrial, agricultural and building sectors of the economy.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid < 1
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Europe sparks U.S. border carbon tax talks

Taking a page from the EU playbook, U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are considering a border carbon tax on cheaper and dirtier imports.
Latest News
Amena H. Saiyid 4 min read
Pacman coin engulfing ships and a factory representing dirty carbon imports.

Carbon recyclers say climate law could hurt business

Companies re-utilizing CO2 in the production of everyday products did not receive the same tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act as those involved in storing CO2, prompting questions of parity.
Latest News
Amena H. Saiyid 4 min read
Smoke stacks in red and sustainable products like a dress and a plane in blue. Carbon emissions being reutilized in fabric, aviation fuel, etc.. instead of being released into the atmosphere.

Bonus solar tax credits depend on unbuilt U.S. factories

Solar energy developers could earn bonus tax credits for using American-made content in their solar cells—but the factories making those key parts are not yet up and running.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid < 1
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As tax debate rages, massive scale needed for clean hydrogen

The United States will need to turbocharge clean hydrogen production if it hopes to meet the Biden administration’s ambitious targets, according to a recent study by two think tanks.
Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read

Demand for key minerals grows in net zero scenarios

The world’s journey to a cleaner energy future will require a lot of metals and minerals. By mid-century, we will see a significant uptick in the amount of metals needed, as the chart based on BloombergNEF data shows.
Data Dives
Anca Gurzu < 1
Chart of annual demand for key transition metals in energy transition

How to get the minerals we need in a clean energy future

Securing the critical minerals we need for a green energy future will require cleaning up mining practices, boosting recycling and innovating to be less dependent on them altogether.
Explainers
Anca Gurzu 5 min read

The massive quest for the minerals we need in a clean energy future

The rush toward a clean energy future means we need to dig, extract and process Earth’s resources faster and better than ever before.
Explainers
Anca Gurzu 5 min read

Europe scrambles to reclaim its industrial edge

The European Union wants to get its industrial groove back. The world’s largest trading bloc is scrambling to take part in the global cleantech race.
Explainers
Anca Gurzu 4 min read

Cleantech race risks sidelining developing countries

The global cleantech race underway between the United States, Europe and China could leave developing countries behind. The world’s major economies are competing to become industrial leaders in the burgeoning cleantech sector.
Latest News
Anca Gurzu 3 min read

Massive cleantech deployment needed to reach net zero

Countries need to “dramatically” increase the scale and speed of clean energy technology deployment for a chance to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century, the International Energy Agency (IEA) found in a new report.
Data Dives
Anca Gurzu 2 min read
Graph of global deployment of clean energy techonologies

Long-duration energy storage projects set for growth despite hurdles

Interest in long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects is growing around the world, but developers will struggle to scale the technology up cost effectively before 2030.
Data Dives
Anca Gurzu 2 min read
Graph of average duration of global energy storage systems

Energy security and new laws fuel clean energy race

Nations are increasingly competing to establish themselves as pioneers of clean energy technologies, racing to boost energy self-sufficiency and green their economies.
Latest News
Anca Gurzu 3 min read

How heat powers our world and how to clean it up

Heating things up accounts for the single largest share of our energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. By things, we mean a whole laundry list of key ingredients in our lives.
Explainers
Amy Harder 4 min read

Europe’s solar goals caught up in high prices—and China

The European Union wants to ally with the sun to boost energy security and meet climate goals but soaring prices for essential raw materials could thwart those plans.
Latest News
Anca Gurzu 4 min read

How America can reclaim its solar manufacturing prowess

Clean energy can free us from our dependence on bad actors. Given current events, we need to work on the energy transition with renewed urgency.
Voices
Frank Van Mierlo 3 min read

Big wave surfing and swimming against the tide in cleantech

Starting a hard-tech, climate entrepreneurial journey is like big wave surfing: if you fail to prepare, you’re asking for a beating.
Voices
Gurinder Nagra 3 min read

Forget silver bullets. We need silver buckshot to tackle climate change.

Clichés, as trite as they are, exist for a good reason. They simplify complex topics. “Silver bullet” is one we know well. It implies one solution can solve all of a given problem.
Explainers
Amy Harder 3 min read

Heavy lifting on slashing emissions—now and later

President Biden’s pledge to the Paris Climate Agreement to cut America’s emissions in half by 2030 could be met largely by reductions in the electricity sector, according to a report by the research firm Rhodium Group.
Data Dives
Amy Harder < 1

China’s industrial emissions surpass all of Europe

The carbon emissions of China’s steel and cement industries exceed the entire emissions of the European Union’s energy system, according to the International Energy Agency’s new report out on China.
Data Dives
Amy Harder < 1
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