Dan McCarthy

Dan McCarthy

Senior Editor .

Dan McCarthy is a senior editor at Canary Media. He was previously senior editor at Morning Brew, where he ran tech coverage and edited stories on a range of topics, including climatetech. Dan grew up in New Jersey, graduated from the University of Delaware, and now lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife and two cats.

Clean energy

Chart: The world is investing more in clean energy than fossil fuels

More than $2.2 trillion will go into clean energy and electrification this year, double that of fossil fuels — but it’s still not enough.

By Dan McCarthy . 11 July 2025
Canary Media Daily

The clock is ticking

By Dan McCarthy . 10 July 2025
Clean energy

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ law tethers the US to the past

The law takes a sledgehammer to key pieces of American industrial policy, threatening the development of clean energy — a vital 21st century technology.

By Dan McCarthy . 7 July 2025
Clean energy

Chart: ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ would cause energy bills to go up in every state

Legislation just passed by the Senate would undo clean-energy tax credits, slowing the addition of new power to the grid and saddling customers with rising costs.

By Dan McCarthy . 3 July 2025
Solar

Chart: Which countries get the most power from solar and wind?

These two clean energy sources are growing quickly around the world. Here are the 10 countries that rely on them the most.

By Dan McCarthy . 27 June 2025
Solar

Chart: Rooftop solar could tank if GOP repeals key tax credit

Congressional Republicans are poised to eliminate a tax credit that makes rooftop solar cheaper for homeowners, the latest in a string of blows to the sector.

By Dan McCarthy . 20 June 2025
Clean energy

Chart: Hundreds of gigawatts of clean energy at risk with GOP bill

As written, the “Big Beautiful Bill” would cast uncertainty over a staggering amount of solar, battery, and wind projects, just as energy demand is surging.

By Dan McCarthy . 13 June 2025
Solar

Chart: California is wasting more and more clean energy

The state produces more clean energy than its grid can handle, forcing it to curtail the extra wind and solar power it can’t use. There are ways to fix that.

By Dan McCarthy . 6 June 2025
Green steel

Chart: US steelmaking is slowly getting cleaner

None of the new steel and ironmaking capacity planned for the U.S. is coal-fired — but old, dirty units aren’t going anywhere, either.

By Dan McCarthy . 30 May 2025
Electric vehicles

Chart: A quarter of cars sold in 2025 will be battery-powered

The global outlook is solid for EV and plug-in hybrid adoption, even as Trump’s trade and policy plans threaten to stifle growth in the U.S.

By Dan McCarthy . 23 May 2025