Energy Storage Is the Latest ‘Not in My Backyard’ Battleground
The pushback threatens to slow a major battery boom in the US.
Proposals to install massive battery installations are popping everywhere. So, too, is local resistance.
Today’s newsletter looks at the need for more clean energy and the challenge of finding communities that want to host it. And, of course, what can be done to bridge the gap. Plus, climate negotiators gathered in Berlin to kick off the seven-month journey to this year’s COP31 climate summit.