Press Archive

Record US Renewable Energy Investment Not Enough To Meet Climate Goals – Report

EI research finds that the U.S. is making progress toward achieving a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, but utility-scale clean energy expansion is lagging,

Here’s Where Biden’s Climate Law Is Working, And Where It’s Falling Short

Recent analysis finds that EV sales are at the upper end of EI projections, but utility-scale clean energy fell short.

How A TikTok Campaign Pushed Biden To Pause Plans For A Gulf Coast Gas Terminal

EI analysis shows that Biden’s recent LNG export terminal pause could protect U.S. consumers from price hikes of up to 14 percent a year.

U.S. Gas Prices Could Spike 14% Without Biden’s Pause On New LNG Export Terminals

EI’s Silvio Marcacci explains how new EI analysis shows that the LNG export terminal pause could insulate American consumers from up to $18 billion in annual energy costs.

‘In A Word, Horrific’: Trump’s Extreme Anti-Environment Blueprint.

EI’s Anand Gopal doesn’t believe that Trump would be able to replace the IRA, but he acknowledges that if he did, the global impact would be disastrous.

Those Startups Are Reinventing The Dirty Steel Industry

EI’s Jeffrey Rissman discusses how it is possible to decarbonize heavy industry as long as there is renewable energy available to support the process.

[Episode #216] – COP28 And The Outlook For Oil

EI’s Anand Gopal discusses his experience at COP28 climate summit, the decline of global oil demand, and transportation electrification.

Texas Freeze: ERCOT Can Do Better Than Counting On Failure-Prone Gas

EI’s Anand Gopal discusses how the free market orientation of Texas’ electricity system positions it to make more electricity from renewables than any other state.

The Biggest Issues To Watch In 2024

EI tracking of the IRA finds that over $100 billion in private manufacturing investments have been invested in over 130 projects and 81,000 new jobs.

The U.S. Energy Transition In 8 Numbers

EI’s Robbie Orvis says that the outlook for wind power will rely on the country’s ability to address noneconomic issues.

Zero-Carbon Industry: Navigating The Clean Industrial Revolution

EI’s Jeff Rissman discusses how a global transition to zero-carbon industry has begun. New technologies and policies can help businesses thrive in the clean industrial revolution.

As The New Year Begins, Heat Is On Automakers To Meet Climate Pledges

EI’s Anand Gopal reminds automakers that their carbon emissions plans should include the emissions from the products that they sell, in addition to their operations and production processes.

Wyoming Coal Could Be In For A Rough Year

EI’s Michelle Solomon discusses how coal plants being kept in use in favor of lower-cost electricity sources hurts the electricity ratepayers.

How Booming Electricity Demand Is Stalling Efforts To Retire Coal And Gas, In Charts

EI’s Michelle Solomon discusses how expanding coal and gas power is not the best option to deal with increasing electricity demand due to limited capacity and the high costs.

The Hidden Reason Why Your Power Bill Is So High

EI’s Brendan Pierpont discusses finding that utility companies are not expanding the grid in a way that would benefit clean energy producers.

Geothermal Energy Storage Is Making A Big Leap In Texas

Recent analysis by EI finds that enacting policies from Project 2025 would result in 1.7 million fewer jobs, 2,000 pollution-related premature deaths, and boost U.S. emissions by about 780 million metric tons per year by 2030.

The U.S. Government Is Still Spending Big On Climate

EI’s Jack Conness discusses the $100 billion that the Inflation Reduction Act has allocated to 159 projects since it’s passage in August 2022.

Trump’s Project 2025 Promises Billions Of Tonnes More Carbon Pollution – Study

EI analysis finds that Project 2025 could result in billions of tonnes of extra carbon pollution.

Goodbye Clean Air, Hello Spiking Electric Bills: America’s Climate Reality Under Project 2025

Recent modeling by EI finds that current climate policy puts the United States within their 2030 emissions goals, but that Project 2025’s climate policy would rollback this progress.

Project 2025 Policies Would Erase Biden’s Climate Gains, Report Finds

EI’s Robbie Orvis explains recent findings that under a Project 2025 scenario, U.S. emissions would be about 18 percent higher by 2030 than they would under current policies.