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Slide 1

Highway to the Endangered Zone: EPA Actions on Pollutants + Emissions Standards

U.S. climate policy just took a major hit—but markets, states, and the courts could still shape a path forward.

Read February 2026 Newsletter
Slide 1

China rolling into U.S. backyard

China’s EV push, Africa’s record solar growth, and a U.S. grid under pressure all point to the same reality: the clean energy transition is accelerating—but the economic and political stakes are rising.

Read February 2026 Newsletter
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A thawing EV winter

This edition tracks the EV slowdown in the U.S., China’s EV surge abroad, and the innovations that will decide who wins the race to scale.

Read January 2026 Newsletter
2026 Newsletters
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April 2026

John Doerr Issues Urgent Call to Action for Global Leaders

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March 2026

Catalyzing the 𝙉𝙚𝙬 in U.S. Nuclear

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March 2026

Iran War Shakes Fossil Fuels, Wreaks Geopolitical Turmoil

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February 2026

Highway to the Endangered Zone: EPA Actions on Pollutants + Emissions Standards

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February 2026

China rolling into U.S. backyard

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January 2026

A thawing EV winter

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January 2026

Climate Capital’s Rebound

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2025 Newsletters
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December 2025

Some Ho, Ho, Hopes for 2026 and Beyond

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December 2025

COP30 Readout and the Rise of Climate Disinformation

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December 2025

Things We’re Grateful For

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November 2025

Where We Stand A Decade After the Paris Agreement

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November 2025

Amory Lovins on Energy Efficiency: Why We Need Demand-Side Climate Action

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October 2025

In Memory of Jane Goodall—and a Planet Worth Fighting For

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October 2025

Live From New York…Parsing out China’s Emissions Commitment

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September 2025

Introducing…The Climate Tech Atlas

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September 2025

Fall Into Your Clean Energy Savings

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August 2025

The Long Game for Net Zero

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August 2025

The Solar Surge Is Here

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July 2025

Rising stakes for climate change

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July 2025

Notes from Nairobi—The 2025 TED Countdown Summit

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June 2025

Doubling Down on Clean Tech

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May 2025

Summer Blackout Risks On The Rise

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May 2025

The Climate Trends We’re Watching After BloombergNEF

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April 2025

Earth Day News, S&S + GitHub Climate Action Partnership

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April 2025

Highlights from the ARPA-E Innovation Summit

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March 2025

Meeting the Surging Need for Critical Minerals

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February 2025

Corporate Renewables Purchases Set Gigawatt Record

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February 2025

Decarbonization Trends for 2025

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January 2025

Geothermal, Hydropower, and Nuclear in the Mix

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January 2025

Understanding the U.S. Bank Departures from NZBA

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2024 Newsletters
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December 2024

Reflecting on 2024, Looking Ahead to 2025

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November 2024

A New Political Landscape

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November 2024

AI + Energy Demand—All Eyes on Nuclear

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October 2024

Financial Fallout Of Extreme Weather

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October 2024

Speed & Scale Wraps Up Climate Week NYC

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September 2024

Climate Capital Contracting

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August 2024

Progress Underway – China Nears Peak Emissions

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July 2024

London Dispatch

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June 2024

Cost of Net Zero

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May 2024

Power Sector Emissions Near Peak as Renewables Soar

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April 2024

Policy Push For Cleaner Vehicles

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March 2024

China’s Bold Moves Toward The Transition

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February 2024

Carbon Removal Guidance Needed

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January 2024

Climate On the Global Docket

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January 2024

A Turning Point To Kick Off 2024

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2023 Newsletters
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December 2023

COP28 or Cop-Out

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November 2023

Big Investments By Big Oil

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October 2023

Extreme Weather 86’ing Your Favorite Bevs

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October 2023

Path To Net Zero Still Open, But

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September 2023

Keeping Our Eye on The Prize

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September 2023

New EV on The Road

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