Press Archive

Trump Administration Fails in Challenge of California-Quebec Cap-and-Trade Pact

EI’s Chris Busch says the California-Quebec agreement proves cap-and-trade policies deliver emissions reductions along with robust economic growth.

Building Decarbonization Cuts Pollution And Boosts The Economy. Here’s How State Regulators Can Accelerate Both

EI’s Silvio Marcacci interviews Sherri Billimoria, lead author of Rocky Mountain Institute’s recent report, Regulatory Solutions for Building Decarbonization, about the report’s recommended regulatory reforms required for building decarbonization.

TVA Interested In Joining Southeast Energy Market, But Stakeholders Question Lack Of Detail

EI’s Mike O’Boyle says plans for a potential Southeast Energy Exchange Market remain vague and are missing a resource adequacy or reserve-planning component.

Investors Are Wrong To Worry About A President Biden

EI report found freezing federal fuel economy and emissions standards will harm consumers who will pay more money to drive their cars the same distance.

Many Technologies Needed To Solve The Climate Crisis Are Nowhere Near Ready

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal explains why policy support for research and development is critical to scaling clean technologies that drive deep emissions reductions.

Biden Plan to Fight Climate Change: Too Ambitious?

EI’s Megan Mahajan says we already have the technologies, but need a portfolio of policies across all sectors of the economy to meet climate targets.

What Does The Democrats’ Plan Have To Say About Environmental Justice

EI modeling finds the Climate Crisis Action Plan would avoid 62,000 premature deaths annually by 2050 and provide nearly $8 trillion in climate and health benefits through 2050.

Biden-Sanders Task Force Proposals Could Actually Move The Needle On Climate Action

EI report found the U.S. could run on 90% clean electricity by 2035, without lifting the costs of electric bills, and new renewable infrastructure would generate more than half a million jobs per year.

How To Replace 187 GW Of Coal With Renewables, And Save Customers Money

EI’s study found that customers would save money if 74% percent of U.S. coal units were replaced with solar and wind power sited nearby.

Utilities Are Better Suited To Handle Covid Uncertainties – Why That’s Good News For Clean Energy

EI’s Amanda Myers interviews Pearl Street Station’s executive director Albert Lin about why utilities are better suited than other industries to weather COVID-19 uncertainties and what that means for the clean energy transition.

Calls Grow Louder For Biden To Strengthen His Climate Goals

EI report finds plummeting costs of solar energy, wind energy and battery storage mean that those sources could supply the bulk of U.S. energy demand in 15 years.

California Can Still Lead America And The World On Electric Vehicles – Despite Trump

EI’s CEO Hal Harvey and Yunshi Wang, director of the China Center for Energy and Transportation at UC Davis, discuss how California can lead global transportation electrification despite the Administration’s clean car rollbacks and isolationism.

House Democrats Release ‘Bold’ Plan to Tackle Carbon Emissions by 2050

EI analysis shows the plan could save an estimated 62,000 premature deaths a year and provide close to $8 trillion in health- and climate-related benefits over the next three decades.

House Democrats Release Sweeping Climate Proposal Calling For Net-Zero US Emissions By 2050

EI modeling finds these policies would reach net zero carbon emissions by 2048 and be reduced 89% below 2005 levels by 2050.

Dems Map Path To Clean Energy, Environmental Justice

EI modeling finds the recommendations would offer $8 trillion in climate benefits through 2050, as referenced by Chairwoman Kathy Castor.

Congressional Climate Crisis Action Plan Would Decarbonize U.S., Add $8 Trillion In Benefits By 2050

EI’s Megan Mahajan discusses modeling that finds the Select Committee’s Climate Crisis Action Plan will achieve net zero U.S. emissions and deliver $8 trillion in health and climate benefits by 2050.

House Democrats Just Put Out The Most Detailed Climate Plan In US Political History

EI modeling found a subset of the recommendations would get the U.S. to net zero carbon dioxide emissions a little before 2050 and prevent 62,000 premature deaths every year by 2050.

Democrats’ Ambitious Climate Action Plan Targets A Clean US Grid By 2040

EI modeling projects the Climate Action Plan could translate into clean energy markets that add up to 48 GW of new solar per year to the U.S. power grid by 2050.

California Passes Historic Clean Truck Rule

EI analysis with EDF shows the rule could prevent 17.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide and 60,000 tons of NOx from entering the atmosphere through 2040.

Electric Big Rigs? California Poised To Adopt Nation’s First Rules Requiring Electric Trucks

EI’s Amanda Myers explains why California’s electric trucks rule will deliver at least $7.3 billion in economic savings by 2040 due to lower operations and fuel costs.