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Energy efficiency can rein in costs from healthy building air quality projects

Steps to improve commercial building ventilation often use more energy, but experts say energy efficiency work can offset added savings.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 25 June 2021
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Heat pumps, already on the rise in rural Minnesota, get boost from new state law

Minnesota’s new energy conservation law allows utilities to more freely market heat pumps to customers that currently rely on propane furnaces.

By Frank Jossi . 24 June 2021
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Illinois solar training program aims to build path for diverse workforce

The Illinois Solar Training Pipeline Program is one of three workforce development programs under the state’s 2016 Future Energy Jobs Act that hopes to close the clean energy job gap in disproportionately disadvantaged communities.

By Audrey Henderson . 23 June 2021
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New Mexico could be a clean energy epicenter — if it can diversify from oil and gas

The state's dependence on oil and gas revenue is cited as an argument for both continuing to prop up the industry and diversifying with wind and solar.

By J. Weston Phippen . 22 June 2021
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Illinois coal plants are closing even as fossil fuel objections stall energy bill again

In a surprise announcement last Thursday, NRG said it would close its Waukegan and Romeoville coal plants, but the community impacts are unclear as “just transition” provisions remain held up in state energy bill negotiations.

By Kari Lydersen . 21 June 2021
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Bitcoin fracking turns waste gas to digital gold in Bakken oil field

Natural gas produced as a byproduct in Bakken oil production is often flared as waste. Near Sidney, Montana, one company is converting it to cryptocurrency instead.

By Eric Dietrich . 21 June 2021
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Ohio bill to reform electric rates aims to preserve coal plant subsidies under attack in wake of corruption probe

A plan to end Ohio’s long-criticized Electric Security Plans comes from a primary sponsor of HB 6, the 2019 law at the heart of a $60 million corruption case.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 21 June 2021
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Environmental council: Iowa utilities don’t need coal power to meet demand

The state can use batteries to store enough wind, solar, and other renewables to power itself without coal, the Iowa Environmental Council's analysis says.

By Perry Beeman . 17 June 2021
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Amid oil and gas buildout, Louisiana industry pushes for less oversight

State lawmakers passed legislation to loosen rules that require the natural gas industry to report dangerous leaks, despite already lax enforcement.

By Sara Sneath . 16 June 2021
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After months of secret talks, sweeping energy bill unveiled in North Carolina

The 47-page bill would close Duke Energy coal plants but require new gas-fired ones, drawing quick opposition from clean energy advocates.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 16 June 2021