Why your electricity bill is so high and what Pennsylvania is doing about it
Aging infrastructure, transmission bottlenecks and increased demand from data centers are hitting consumers’ wallets.
Seth Blumsack, Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State •
conversation
May 21, 2025 • ~9 min
May 21, 2025 • ~9 min
Batteries that absorb carbon emissions move a step closer to reality – new study
Lithium carbon dioxide batteries could be a gamechanger for everything from renewable-energy storage to colonising Mars.
Siddharth Gadkari, Lecturer in Chemical Process Engineering, University of Surrey •
conversation
May 19, 2025 • ~8 min
May 19, 2025 • ~8 min
Trump moves to gut low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise
The problem of high energy prices and rising numbers of people unable to afford them isn’t lost on the Trump administration.
Shelley Welton, Professor of Law and Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania •
conversation
May 13, 2025 • ~9 min
May 13, 2025 • ~9 min
Trump guts low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise
The problem of high energy prices and rising numbers of people unable to afford them isn’t lost on the Trump administration.
Shelley Welton, Professor of Law and Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania •
conversation
May 13, 2025 • ~9 min
May 13, 2025 • ~9 min
How a community-focused vision for net zero can revive local economies
Community Wealth Building offers a new model for economic development that can be at the heart of the UK’s transition to net zero
Max Lacey-Barnacle, Senior Research Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex •
conversation
May 6, 2025 • ~7 min
May 6, 2025 • ~7 min
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