RMI Outlet, Rocky Mountain Institute’s blog, explores topics critical to RMI’s mission to transform global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, and secure low-carbon future.
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Meeting Utility Investors Where They Are: Tools to Speed System Decarbonization
If we needed another proof point of the growing role sustainable business practice is playing in guiding investment decisions, the recent announcement that an…
Repowering Old Mines with New Energies in the Southwestern United States
A common challenge that mining companies face with legacy sites is what to do with the disturbed land once the resource has been exhausted or…
Transforming the Global Comfort Cooling Market: China’s Opportunity for Economic and Climate Leadership
Cooling is becoming a hot topic in discussions related to mitigating climate change as it is possibly the single largest end-use risk to our climate…
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
When most people envision climate action, images of solar panels and wind farms often come to mind. However, electricity generation is only part of the…
Bidding on the Future: How Auctions Help Policymakers Unlock Climate Action
With scientific reports warning of the urgency of concerted climate action, and with current national climate targets leaving us far short of what’s…