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Can the renewable electricity standard be saved?

Last week, Harry Reid announced a pared-down energy bill, and it didn't include a key policy: the renewable electricity standard that would require utilities to get some of their power from clean energy. Now a coalition of groups is pressing him to put it back in.

David Roberts Politics July 26, 2010

Oil companies and special interests spend millions to oppose climate legislation

As the case for climate action grows more urgent, Big Oil and Dirty Coal have redoubled their efforts to block global warming pollution reductions.

Daniel J. Weiss Politics September 28, 2010

Prices vs. contracts: Why good CO2 policy needs complex financial markets

Economic theory is predicated on the thesis that if supply and demand are allowed to freely set the price for...

Sean Casten Climate & Energy May 25, 2010

Taking the petro out of petrochemicals

Genomatica’s pilot green chemical plant.Photo courtesy of GenomaticaYou can buy green jeans, green greens (at the farmer’s market), and green...

Todd Woody Technology June 30, 2010

Is a renewable electricity standard really back from the dead?

Climate and energy legislation in the Senate has shriveled to a husk, but if a renewable electricity standard is added, all might not be lost.

Randy Rieland Politics July 27, 2010

Why won’t Team Obama save a clean-energy program from Fannie and Freddie?

The Obama administration has taken modest measures to help rescue a promising clean-energy finance tool, but it hasn't put its top people on the case. If it did, there's reason to think PACE could be quickly restored.

Jonathan Hiskes Politics August 6, 2010