For immediate release: May 26, 2023 Climate Nexus, a US-based nonprofit strategic communications firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Isis Dallis as our new Executive Director. “We are delighted to announce this appointment,” said Heather Grady, Vice President …
COP27 Context Egypt will host the 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh between November 6-18 2022. Last year’s meeting in Glasgow led to countries setting ambitious goals, and at this meeting, billed as the …
Background Climate finance will be center stage during November’s 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Egypt. Rich countries’ governments will be urged to spend much more money in the developing world and follow through on unfulfilled …
What is the Polluter Loophole Bill? The Polluter Loophole Bill is a side deal announced by Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). This legislation, negotiated in secret as part of the effort …
National laboratories, utilities, and pilot projects have all found that electric vehicles (EVs) can be integrated into power grids in ways that benefit communities and vehicle owners while improving grid reliability and resilience. With five U.S. states now committed to …
The Climate Nexus finance newsletter delivers a weekly update that looks ahead to the big stories and players at the intersection of climate change, finance, regulation, clean energy, and oil and gas. Finance Newsletter | April 16, 2024 Exxon’s mask …
The Clean Energy Newsletter delivers the week’s top energy transition stories every Wednesday afternoon. Clean Energy Newsletter | May 31 2023 Former whaling town embraces offshore wind, green shipping corridors take shape, solar energy investment overtakes oil Public housing retrofits …
On Monday, February 28, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report from the IPCC Working Group II: AR6 Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The report assesses the science literature documenting the devastating effect of human-caused climate change …
Heavy-duty trucking is a growing industry that connects the global economy, but its reliance on fossil fuels has made it a potent source of pollution. Heavy-duty trucks are the fastest-growing source of climate pollution in the U.S., emitting nearly a …
Fossil-fueled climate events stress the grid Climate change is fueling extreme heat, droughts, wildfires, and hurricanes, which are overtaxing America’s outdated power grid. In a May 2023 report, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), a regulating authority that monitors the …
Natural gas prices have doubled in the past year, putting pressure on American companies and consumers, a sign of U.S. vulnerability to international price fluctuations. After a decade of marginal or negative returns, U.S. drillers are using profits from higher …
Examples of union labor working in the energy transition can be found across the United States; in renewable energy installations, electric vehicle manufacturing, building retrofits, and other infrastructure projects. These growing parts of the organized labor workforce are strengthening ties …
The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 through November 12, 2021. The Paris Agreement (2015) is a non-binding international agreement that commits countries to work together to limit …
What are some charging and equity considerations? Low-income communities and communities of color disproportionately feel the impacts of vehicle pollution and can benefit the most from the clean air and cost-saving benefits of electric cars and trucks. Yet, as more …
A poll of 705 registered Texas voters on support for increasing renewable energy and grid resilience in the wake of extreme winter storms and power outages.
The scope of the climate crisis and the growing impacts from a warming world are drawing together an increasingly diverse set of people working to address this existential threat. The experts, advocates, and groups within this widening community approach climate …
