Electric vehicles are booming as expected, a new analysis found, but renewable power isn’t growing as quickly as hoped.
A small share of motorists burns about a third of America’s gasoline, a study found. Switching to electric vehicles would make a huge dent in climate-warming emissions.
The drop was big, but emissions would need to fall three times as fast for the rest of the decade if the country wants to meet its climate goals.
The prediction, which has stirred controversy among oil producers, is a sign of a sweeping transformation in the global energy landscape.
Even as technologies like wind, solar and electric cars spread, nations are falling far behind in building the power lines needed to support them.
Despite the rapid growth of electric vehicles and solar power, other efforts to tackle warming are lagging, according to the International Energy Agency.
Despite the rapid growth of electric vehicles and solar power, other efforts to tackle warming are lagging, according to the International Energy Agency.
In a win for the Biden administration, the United States Postal Service said it would spend nearly $10 billion to create one of the largest electric truck fleets in the nation.
Many Republicans vying to replace Newsom as governor want to roll back the state’s ambitious plans to cut planet-warming emissions, a change with nationwide implications.
Hitting the targets could require a rapid shift to electric vehicles, the expansion of forests nationwide, development of complex new carbon-capture technology and many other changes, researchers said.