A new report published by the Helsinki-based Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air warned that overcapacity of existing plants and new ones being built mean it will be hard for Beijing to meet the much-lauded climate goal promised by President Xi Jinping earlier this year. The research organisation called for the Chinese government […]
How Can Hydrogen Enable 100% Renewable Targets?
Industry leaders gathered recently on an ACORE State of the Industry Webinar to discuss hydrogen’s role in in the clean energy transition. The discussion was moderated by Megan Berge, Partner at Baker Botts, and featured panelists Michael Ducker, Vice President of Renewable Fuels at Mitsubishi Power, Sean Ebnet, Vice President of Business Development at Ørsted, and Skip […]
Climate Action: Trump Undid Obama’s Work, Now Biden Plans To Undo Trump’s
Washington: Joe Biden could erase much of President Donald Trump’s four-year legacy of energy and climate deregulation with the stroke of his pen, according to regulatory experts, but replacing it with something new and durable may prove trickier. Trump’s rollbacks are on shaky ground because most were done not through Congressional lawmaking but via presidential […]
STATEMENT: Biden Victory Sets Stage for New Day on Climate, Equity, and the Economy
WASHINGTON: Joseph R. Biden and Kamala D. Harris have been elected as the next president and vice president of the United States. They received the most votes by a presidential ticket in U.S. history and were able to win several states that Donald Trump won in 2016. The U.S. House of Representatives stayed majority Democrat. The […]
Biden could take quick first steps on long climate policy road
The agenda to reverse President Donald Trump’s legacy of climate deregulation would likely start with some easy wins WASHINGTON : Joe Biden has promised sweeping measures to make the U.S. economy carbon neutral by 2050 to put the United States on a path to cut emissions as deeply as scientists say is necessary to avoid […]
Meeting the Climate Challenge Through a New Climate Federalism
In recent years, U.S. state and local governments continued stepping up to demonstrate strong leadership in addressing the climate challenge, even when facing headwinds from the federal level. They continue to make progress, all while leading responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and combatting extreme weather events. Still, the possibility of eventual federal reengagement on climate solutions puts in question the future […]
4 Questions About China’s New Climate Commitments
In his speech to the UN General Assembly last week, President Xi Jinping of China announced that China will scale up its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to tackling climate change by adopting more vigorous policies and measures in an effort to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and reach carbon neutrality before 2060. The announcement […]
Green recovery can revive virus-hit economies and tackle climate change: study
“The COVID-19 crisis could mark a turning point in progress on climate change,” the authors wrote, adding that much would depend on policy choices made in the next six months LONDON: Massive programmes of green public investment would be the most cost-effective way both to revive virus-hit economies and strike a decisive blow against climate […]
Germany, Britain call for ‘green recovery’ from pandemic
Schulze suggested that one way to do this would be to help care workers buy electric vehicles for house calls. “These are many, many vehicles,” she told The AP. “It would help the economy and it would move us forward (in curbing emissions)” BERLIN: Germany and Britain said Monday that efforts to revive the global […]
On climate, it’s Biden’s green revolution versus Trump’s war on red tape
President Donald Trump, a Republican, has focused on tearing down former President Barack Obama’s climate agenda to free the energy and auto industries from the costs of regulation meant to protect the environment and human health. WASHINGTON: The U.S. presidential election pits a politician who supports environmental regulation and diplomacy to tackle climate change against […]