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How to build transmission with communities, not around them
Additional Contributor: Adam Kurland, Attorney, Federal Energy, Environmental Defense Fund The United States needs to build more electric transmission lines at an unprecedented pace to connect and deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy. But we are not building anywhere near fast enough, and that has a lot to with how…
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Ten years after Paris: A pragmatic path forward at COP30
Monday, November 10th marks the opening of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Belém, Brazil— and with it, the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement. A decade after the world came together and set a shared goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C, the international community faces a markedly different…
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Making hydrogen work for Poland: Four insights from our expert roundtable in Warsaw
As Europe’s third-largest producer and consumer of hydrogen, Poland will need clean hydrogen to keep critical industry active and well-positioned to meet climate goals. But the country has deployed almost no renewable hydrogen today. With looming regulatory reforms and deadlines, Poland has reached a crossroads and must decide the right path to clean hydrogen…
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Balancing climate ambition and affordability: Reflecting on California’s 2025 legislative session
Last month, Governor Gavin Newsom wrapped up bill actions for the 2025 legislative session, signing into law a suite of measures that together comprise one of California’s most comprehensive climate and energy packages in recent years. This year’s session was defined by efforts to pair climate ambition with affordability, with…
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New Innovation Fund awards underscore growing market demand for CO₂ storage and cross-border transport
Today, the European Commission announced €2.9 billion in grants under the EU Innovation Fund to accelerate 61 net-zero technology projects, with multiple selections advancing carbon capture, CO₂ transport, and storage. This round confirms that carbon management development is expanding beyond the North Sea, with new projects in Belgium, France, Italy,…
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Empowering the next generation of climate leaders: Reflections from CATF’s inaugural CEE Fellowship
CATF’s first Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Fellowship Empowering energy and climate leaders of tomorrow has wrapped up its inaugural year, uniting ten emerging professionals from across the region to build knowledge, exchange ideas, and accelerate progress toward a cleaner energy future. Selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants,…
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CATF’s first CEE Fellowship builds a new generation of climate leaders
Clean Air Task Force (CATF) has completed its first Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Fellowship, an eight-week programme empowering emerging climate and energy professionals to accelerate the region’s clean energy transition. Ten fellows from Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, and Romania joined CATF experts and regional leaders to explore practical…
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Illinois fully lifts decades-long nuclear moratorium in an important step toward securing clean, reliable, affordable grid
SPRINGFIELD, Il. – Yesterday, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA), which includes a provision that lifts the state’s remaining nuclear moratorium. “The assembly’s action to fully lift the state’s nuclear moratorium will help Illinois achieve its climate goals while supporting grid reliability and…
