If We Are Serious About Environmental Justice

If We Are Serious About Environmental Justice

This week’s Energy Rant was guest written by Teri Lutz, Director of Sales & Marketing at Michaels Energy. Teri believes in a fair and just energy economy and hopes this Rant edition will inspire our readers to get involved and advocate for environmental justice...
Heat Pumps and Supplemental Heating

Heat Pumps and Supplemental Heating

In case you haven’t heard, heat pumps are a thing now. As their efficiency and performance in cold climates continue to improve, heat pumps have become the backbone of energy efficiency and decarbonization efforts and are a focal point of the Inflation Reduction Act....
Quantifying Non-Energy Impacts

Quantifying Non-Energy Impacts

Recently, I saw news of a study from USC that found the relatively low level of adoption of electric vehicles in California was already resulting in improved air quality and health outcomes. Based on real-world data, the study found that for every 20 EVs added to a...
Lifetime Carbon Impacts

Lifetime Carbon Impacts

If we are counting on energy efficiency to account for a large part of reducing carbon emissions, we need to count lifetime savings accurately. Annual CO2 emissions in the US may be leveling off or declining, but CO2 lasts a very long time in the atmosphere and its...
Lifetime Carbon Impacts

Evaluating the Inflation Reduction Act

Earlier this month, Congress passed – and President Biden signed into law – the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest climate bill ever. While slimmed down and altered from the original House bill, the IRA (and, to a lesser extent, the Bipartisan...