When a former oil and gas developer partnered with Colorado Mesa University on geothermal, the school saved millions and set a new standard for energy-efficient buildings.
The order, first reported by The Wall Street Journal and confirmed by a White House official, comes as the administration plans to repeal the endangerment finding, a landmark climate ruling that determined greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health.
Tech company Epic Systems uses thousands of boreholes to help heat and cool its office buildings, a “marquee” clean energy project that gas utilities may try to replicate.
Spurred by rising utility bills, St. Peter’s-San Pedro Episcopal Church in Salem, Mass., looked for alternatives. Its “Heaven and Earth” plan would loop in much of downtown Salem.
Brock Yordy, a co-founder of the Geothermal Drillers Association, says the industry needs more drillers for geothermal heating and cooling to take off.
Inside Climate News spoke to Brock Yordy, a drilling expert who worked for the oil and gas industry and the U.S. military and now focuses on geothermal.