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The image highlights various words like — The words that shape our energy future
Should fossil fuels be phased downed or phased out? Or should the emissions of fossil fuels be dealt with and phased out? This may sound like semantic games, but the nuances are important. Explainers
Anca Gurzu 4 min read

The Earth, shaded red, is in the middle of a black background with the words — COP28’s big challenge is closing the energy investment gap
Clean energy investment is ramping up fast, but most of it is still not reaching beyond the world’s richest countries. Explainers
Bill Spindle 4 min read

The many ways of removing carbon from the air
Governments and companies are increasingly betting on a mix of technologies to remove huge amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air as the effects of climate change become more and more pronounced. Explainers
Anca Gurzu 4 min read

Why we need to remove carbon from the air
To avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change—and achieve a net-zero world—we need to not only reduce our emissions, but also remove residual carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. Explainers
Anca Gurzu 3 min read

The words that shape our energy future

Should fossil fuels be phased downed or phased out? Or should the emissions of fossil fuels be dealt with and phased out? This may sound like semantic games, but the nuances are important. Explainers

Anca Gurzu 4 min read

The image highlights various words like

COP28’s big challenge is closing the energy investment gap

Clean energy investment is ramping up fast, but most of it is still not reaching beyond the world’s richest countries. Explainers

Bill Spindle 4 min read

The Earth, shaded red, is in the middle of a black background with the words

The many ways of removing carbon from the air

Governments and companies are increasingly betting on a mix of technologies to remove huge amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air as the effects of climate change become more and more pronounced. Explainers

Anca Gurzu 4 min read

Why we need to remove carbon from the air

To avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change—and achieve a net-zero world—we need to not only reduce our emissions, but also remove residual carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. Explainers

Anca Gurzu 3 min read

How to understand the U.S. battle over hydrogen tax credits

A battle as complex as it is significant is brewing in the global race to secure government subsidies to scale up an American clean hydrogen economy. Explainers

Amena H. Saiyid 5 min read

Storage quest arises amid hydrogen rush

Two underground caverns nearly twice the height of the Eiffel Tower are poised to store enough hydrogen to provide seasonal backup for variable renewable electricity. Explainers

Amena H. Saiyid 4 min read

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

Renewables are cheap but not always available: storage solutions

A race for commercial solutions is underway to store renewable energy for long periods of time, but financing remains one of the main stumbling blocks to deployment. Explainers

Anca Gurzu 4 min read