RMI Outlet explores topics critical to RMI’s mission to transform global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.
RMI Outlet
The Best Time to Plan Transmission Was 15 Years Ago. The Second-Best Time Is Now.
A host of recent decarbonization studies provides mounting evidence for two things: First, it is both technically feasible and economically sound to decarbonize the US…
Powering Electric Two- and Three-Wheelers with Rural Minigrids in Nigeria and India
A growing renewable minigrid industry and a booming market for two- and three-wheeled electric vehicles opens the door for minigrid-powered EVs to become the option of first resort for families and businesses with the ability to invest in motorized transport.
This Earth Day, RMI Remembers 40 years of Planet-Saving Action
In April 1970, millions of Americans gathered to protest a planet in peril. It was an era when the poisoning of our environment was visible…
Is the US Stockpiling Dirty Oils?
Greater oil and gas data transparency is needed to guide Strategic Petroleum Reserve decisions and stem the flow of the world’s dirtiest oils.
Making the Invisible, Visible: Methane Solutions Offer Down Payment on our Climate Future
Reducing methane emissions now offers the single biggest opportunity to address near-term warming. Fortunately, we have many ways to do this.