The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) recent decision to stop monetizing the health benefits of reducing fine particulate matter, known as PM2.5, has refocused attention on a long-running debate over air pollution regulation.
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Sodium-Ion Batteries Boost Cold-Climate Resilience
Resilient Power in the Deep Freeze Researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough in energy storage for cold climates. Newly tested sodium-ion batteries can function effectively at temperatures where conventional lithium-ion systems lose most of their capacity. In trials published by Communications Chemistry in September 2025, sodium-ion pouch cells maintained 74 Wh/kg at −25 °C (−13 °F) and...
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The Rust Revolution: How Form Energy Is Reinventing American Energy Storage
In the hills of West Virginia, where coal once powered the nation’s factories and furnaces, a quiet transformation is taking place. In the town of Weirton, once known for its steel mills, a new factory is rising. But instead of steel, it will produce something far less glamorous and important for America’s future: rust.
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Energy Price Honesty
The debate over rising electricity prices in Washington has revealed a strange paradox. Republicans blame climate policies and renewable energy subsidies for driving up costs. Democrats, meanwhile, claim rates are rising because the Trump administration rolled back clean-energy incentives. Both stories cannot be entirely accurate. Renewables cannot simultaneously be the cause and the cure for high prices.
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AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
On Monday, Mayor Patrick Collins of Cheyenne, Wyoming, announced plans for an AI data center that would consume more electricity than all homes in the state combined, according to The Associated Press. The facility, a joint venture between energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and AI data center developer Crusoe, would start at 1.8 gigawatts and scale up...
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New oil and gas resources discovered in northern Colorado, southern Wyoming
A recent assessment discovered millions of barrels of oil and billions of cubic feet of natural gas resources in northwest Colorado and southwest Wyoming. The United States Geological Survey announced the discovery of new resources in the Phosphoria Total Petroleum System, which has produced oil and gas since the 1920s. Since then, approximately 500 million barrels of...
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Senate confirms Burgum as Interior secretary
The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Interior secretary Thursday in a 79-18 vote, with the majority of Senate Democrats joining every Republican in the chamber. Burgum, a one-time candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination-turned-visible Trump campaign surrogate, has been among the president’s least controversial nominees. He advanced out of the Senate Energy...
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PERC Launches Virtual Fence Conservation Fund
The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) has launched the Virtual Fence Conservation Fund, a quarter-million-dollar initiative. The fund would provide grants to incentivize ranchers and landowners to adopt virtual fencing. A relatively new technology, virtual fences can potentially eliminate the problems physical fencelines cause for wildlife while benefitting cattle and livestock owners alike.
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For Good Climate and Energy Policy, Stop the Trade-Off Denial
Economics explains that there are always trade-offs in everything.
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SeaTrees is Transforming Blue Carbon Ecosystems From a Carbon Sink to a Climate Solution
SeaTrees is a testament to the power of entrepreneurs and innovation in addressing our greatest climate and environmental challenges.