As the U.S. races to lead in cryptocurrency, the environmental and public health costs of crypto mining demand smarter regulation and sustainable innovation.
Patents encourage innovation by securing rights of exclusion in lucrative markets. Yet when it comes to green technology, the patent system may run the risk of instead acting as a barrier to access.
Recent actions by the Trump administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) are disrupting its relationship with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the independent agency housed within it.
AI Data Centers may soon be moving to space, but that move may have significant environmental and consumer impacts without environmental impact assessments and regulations.
From the Trump-II Energy Agenda to Permitting Reform in Congress, the Wind Energy Industry Has Much to Monitor—and to Take to Court.
An overreliance on generative AI may threaten our collective potential to meaningfully address environmental problems by potentially slowing scientific progress and innovation, reducing the efficacy of our collaboration, and weakening support for environmental protection.
As artificial intelligence grows and developers plan new data centers, residential consumers are footing the bill for increased electricity demands. Regulators must act to keep energy costs down and maintain the course on climate goals.
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act aims to stifle renewables but may backfire spectacularly, forcing developers into a gold rush that accelerates clean energy deployment.
Tariffs on U.S. produced goods are already disproportionately targeting right-leaning communities. Republican lawmakers may add to the price disruption by repealing the Inflation Reduction Act. This blog examines the political calculations currently facing Congressional Republicans as they try to undo Biden’s climate change legacy.
Artificial intelligence has taken the world—and the energy sector—by storm. To prevent AI from delaying the decarbonization of the electric grid, Virginia legislators have adopted a statutory scheme that incentivizes nuclear power.
