Two years ago, Arizona was on the cusp of showing how a quintessential purple state could go green. Politics, however, tanked the plan before a final vote.
In what could be a national model, a Michigan city is aiming to become carbon neutral within a decade even as the state remains tethered to coal and natural gas.
Surveying the future in 2005, energy experts predicted a steady climb of carbon emissions from power plants over the next 15 years. Reality blew the forecasts to bits.
President Biden pledged to rebuild the "backbone of America" yesterday in pitching his massive infrastructure plan, but questions lingered about whether his clean electricity standard, carbon capture and electric vehicle proposals would work.
The world's wind power industry is falling far short of installing the capacity needed to limit global warming, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council showed.
