Business & Finance
Country’s Largest Grid Operator Must Process and Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects, a New Report Says
By Kathiann M. Kowalski
An Ohio Strip Mine’s Mineral Rights Are Under Unusual New Ownership
By Dani Kington and Keri Johnson, Athens County Independent
Carbon Credit Market Seizes On a New Opportunity: Plugging Oil and Gas Wells
By Keaton Peters
International Lenders Continue Pouring Money Into Meat and Dairy, Despite Climate Promises
By Georgina Gustin
Noting a Mountain of Delays, California Lawmakers Advance Bills Designed to Speed Grid Connections
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
UN Adds New Disclosure Requirements For Upcoming COP28, Acknowledging the Toll of Corporate Lobbying
By Bob Berwyn
States Test an Unusual Idea: Tying Electric Utilities’ Profit to Performance
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Determined to Forge Ahead With Canal Expansion, Army Corps Unveils Testing Plan for Contaminants in Matagorda Bay in Texas
By Dylan Baddour
It’s the Features, Stupid: EV Market Share Is Growing Because the Vehicles Keep Getting Better
By Dan Gearino
Hobbled by Bureaucracy, a German R&D Program Falls Short of Climate-Friendly Goals
By Evan Robinson-Johnson
Shell Agrees to Pay $10 Million After Permit Violations at its Giant New Plastics Plant in Pennsylvania
By James Bruggers
Companies Object to Proposed SEC Rule Requiring Them to Track Emissions Up and Down Their Supply Chains
By Emma Ricketts
Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay Trillions in ‘Climate Reparations,’ New Study Argues
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Is the GOP War on ‘Woke Finances’ Delaying Climate Action?
By Kristoffer Tigue
Amid Continuing Drought, Arizona Is Coming up With New Sources of Water—if Cities Can Afford Them
By Wyatt Myskow
Frustrated by Outdated Grids, Consumers Are Lobbying for Control of Their Electricity
By Emma Foehringer Merchant