Amy Winton doesn’t like that she has to depend on fossil gas for her restaurant, Mexican taquería Pandita in Eugene, Oregon. But she’s stuck with the gas-fueled burners, heaters, and outdoor fireplace that came with the space. “We just don't have the funds” to switch to electric equipment, Winton said. “If we had…

When one of the nation’s biggest investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric, wanted to replace Merrian Borgeson’s aging gas service line in Berkeley, California, she asked the company not to do it. Borgeson, who is the California policy director for climate and energy at the nonprofit Natural Resources…

In restaurant kitchens around the U.S., cooks are toiling away to create mouthwatering meals, from bibimbap to spaghetti puttanesca. But their own stomachs may be roiling. That’s what Christopher Galarza, a longtime chef and co-founder of sustainable kitchen certification company EcoChef, experienced firsthand back…

More than a dozen California cities and counties have been trying for months to get climate-forward building standards enacted. But they've been caught in regulatory purgatory thanks to legislation meant to address the state’s affordable housing crisis. Last year, in an effort to ease development, California hit the…

On Thursday, Copper , creator of the first induction stove with a built-in battery, launched the next generation of its superefficient electric range: the Charlie 2.0. The plug-and-play appliance is designed to make it easier to ditch fossil-fueled cooking, and the Charlie 2.0 is more powerful than its predecessor,…

Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips, and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and communities to clean electric power. Last year, Coles County, Illinois, was debating whether to kill a proposed wind farm. Dorothy Macy wanted to speak up in support of…