Sonia Aggarwal

Jan 15, 2025 | thepowerline.substack.com | Sonia Aggarwal

2024 marked the first year that average global temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. 2024 also marked the first year that solar and wind produced more electricity than coal in America. Events like the horrifying fires in Los Angeles are driven by greenhouse gases, which make global average temperatures hotter and make extreme weather events more likely.

Oct 29, 2024 | newsweek.com | Sonia Aggarwal |Adrian Deveny

CLOSE X By Sonia Aggarwal and Adrian Deveny Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Imagine it's Jan. 20, 2025. On her first day in office, President Kamala Harris announces a plan to fight the climate crisis in her first 100 days by cutting people's energy costs and building an American clean industrial renaissance.

Jun 12, 2024 | time.com | Sonia Aggarwal |Alejandro de la Garza |Andrew Johnson |Esha Chhabra

For the first time in 45 years, we may soon see bars of aluminum coming out of a brand new factory in America. A thousand skilled workers will wake up each morning to work there, doubling America’s total output of primary aluminum. The company behind this new factory, Century Aluminum, is currently scouting locations along the Ohio River Valley and Mississippi River Basin.

Mar 28, 2024 | newsweek.com | Sonia Aggarwal

Several of America's utilities are warning that red lights are flashing across America's power grids. They claim surging demand will crash America's electric infrastructure without increased reliance on fossil fuels. They're right about two things: Electricity demand is growing in America, between mining for cryptocurrencies, booming artificial intelligence, more people choosing electric vehicles and appliances, and the manufacturing renaissance President Joe Biden has created.

Jun 30, 2023 | energycentral.com | Sonia Aggarwal

Rural electric cooperatives provide power for huge swaths of the country, providing electricity to 56% of the United States’ landmass. And now, thanks to federal clean energy tax incentives, they could cut consumer costs in low-income communities across the country. Non-profit and member-owned, they were established in the 1930s via the Rural Electrification Act and serve more than 90% of the nation’s persistent poverty counties.