Tag: Policy & Politics
A Tale of Four Cities on Infill, Emissions, & Political Nerve
This is a tale of four cities, Calgary, Edmonton, Minneapolis, and Vancouver, each trying to answer the same question in a different way. How do you make room for more people in existing neighborhoods without pushing growth ever farther outward, and how do you do it in a way that … [continued]
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Natural Hydrogen Is Real, Commercialization Is Not
A couple of years ago I wrote that natural hydrogen was interesting as geology, but not as a limitless new clean fuel economy. That remains the right starting point. The state of play in 2026 is not that the miracle arrived late. It is that the sector has moved from … [continued]
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Donald Trump Guts Public Health Protection to Bolster Big Coal
Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump’s administration took direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution — one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country. Coal ash contains a toxic brew of … [continued]
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Cross-State Coalition Disappointed in PUC Decision to Delay Cancellation of Agreements for Minnesota Power’s NTEC Gas Proposal
ST. PAUL, Minnesota — In a meeting this morning, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) delayed a decision that would protect Minnesota Power customers from higher bills tied to the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) gas plant project. Instead of rescinding approval of Minnesota Power’s affiliated interest agreements—a move that … [continued]
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Wired for Security: The EU’s Post-2030 Climate Architecture
Electrification, Energy Security and the Path to Europe’s 2040 Climate Target. The adoption of the EU’s 2040 climate target marks a turning point in European climate and energy policy. With the headline objective agreed, the central challenge shifts from setting ambition to delivering it — in a political and geopolitical … [continued]
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