Environmental
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Legal & Regulatory
EPA Rolls Out Label Program to Define ‘Clean’ Construction
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a plan to implement a new label program that it expects will help federal purchasers and buyers find and choose more climate-friendly construction materials. Under the label program, which stems from “extensive public input,” the EPA will initially focus on asphalt, concrete, glass, and steel products with “lower […]
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Sustainability
Fuel Cells: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They’re Important
Fuel cells are not some novel new technology. In fact, most history books credit the invention of the fuel cell to Welsh chemist and physicist William Grove, who, in the late 1830s and early 1840s, conducted experiments proving that electric current could be produced from an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen over a platinum […]
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Commentary
It’s the End of the World as We Know It — Do You Feel Fine?
I thought the title from R.E.M.’s 1987 song was a fitting headline for this article. I contemplated using Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” but I thought R.E.M.’s “stream of
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Commentary
Looking Through ‘Green-Colored’ Glasses: Hydrogen in the Energy Transition
Transitioning the world towards cleaner and greener energy is proving to be more challenging than we once all hoped. There are real concerns about what impact the slower speed of uptake is having on our
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Connected Plant
Unseen Heroes: Cutting-Edge Sensors Combatting Air Pollution
There is an urgent need for accurate and efficient emissions monitoring technologies to ensure air pollution is adequately controlled. Infrared spectroscopy and precision infrared filters play a critical role
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Legal & Regulatory
Post-Chevron Ushers in ‘New Normal’ For Regulated Community
The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the longstanding Chevron doctrine, a foundation of administrative law for 40 years, when it ruled on Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo . The impacts on a wide
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Commentary
It’s Time for the U.S. to Get Smart on Critical Minerals to Advance Clean Energy Goals
As governments adapt to ongoing clean energy goals, such as the Paris Agreement, green technologies have become more important than ever. The U.S. government has confirmed such goals, striving to implement 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. We are further seeing demand for critical minerals for these green technologies grow, as copper, zinc, […]
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Hydrogen
California, Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hubs Secure First Tranche of $7B Federal Awards
The California Hydrogen Hub and the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub have garnered a combined $57.5 million in the first tranche of funding under the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) $7 billion Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) program. H2Hubs, managed by DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), is backed by funding from the Infrastructure Investment and […]
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Gas
Landrieu: Natural Gas Is ‘Not the Enemy, It Is Part of the Solution’ to Achieving Climate Goals
Former U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who is now a senior policy advisor for the law firm Van Ness Feldman and co-chair of the Natural Allies Leadership Council, is keen on natural gas and believes it is part of the solution to reaching both domestic and global climate goals. “Natural gas in America is not […]
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Press Releases
Asia Clean Energy Summit (ACES) backs growth of carbon markets in ASEAN
Singapore, July 24th 2024 – The Asia Clean Energy Summit (ACES) is set to return with a groundbreaking addition: the inaugural Asia Carbon Summit. The new programme underscores the pivotal role of carbon markets in driving the transition to a low-carbon economy, in Singapore and the broader Asia region. Continuing with its conference programme for […]
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