Utilities
Charts: Utilities sticking with fossil fuels despite climate pledges
A new Sierra Club report highlights the major U.S. utilities that plan to burn coal and build new fossil-gas infrastructure through at least 2030.
Fossil fuels
Clean energy
How $7.3B will help rural co-ops build clean power—and close coal plants
This Inflation Reduction Act program is offering 16 rural electric co-ops financing to overcome the up-front costs of shifting from dirty coal to clean power.
By Jeff St. John .
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Wind
Oil, gas or wind: What produces more energy per offshore acre?
Canary's chart of the week highlights some drastic differences in the amount of energy produced from a single leased offshore acre.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Just transition
The best policies to help coal towns weather the switch to renewables
A new report singles out Colorado, Illinois and New Mexico as trailblazers in just-transition laws. Could fossil strongholds Wyoming and West Virginia follow suit?By Alison F. Takemura .
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Utilities
Why does Duke Energy's carbon plan shortchange solar?
The utility wants to build new gas plants. Its critics want it to build far more solar and batteries. North Carolina regulators have until year's end to decide.By Jeff St. John .
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Electrification
As the wealthy go electric, who will pay for aging gas infrastructure?
Electrification is ramping up. Advocates say we need plans to shield lower-income people from the costs of maintaining a deteriorating fossil-gas system.By Sarah Shemkus .
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Fossil fuels
Hawaii just got rid of coal power for good
Next up: finding new roles for coal plant workers — and keeping the lights on during a global energy crisis.By Julian Spector .
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Fossil fuels
EPA should crack down on fossil-fueled heating, climate groups argue
A coalition of activists is petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to phase out furnaces and water heaters that burn gas and oil.By Emily Pontecorvo .
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Electrification
How much money can you save under the new climate law?
Rewiring America CEO Ari Matusiak breaks down the discounts, credits and incentives available to homeowners in the Inflation Reduction Act. -
Solar
Hawaii's biggest solar+battery plant comes online — just in time
Despite supply-chain hurdles and other hiccups, developer Clearway Energy was able to get the solar-and-storage facility running before Oahu's last coal plant closes.By Julian Spector .
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Nuclear
Should California keep its last nuclear plant open? The battle is back
Is the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant vital to a clean and reliable grid, or a costly threat to environmental and energy goals? State lawmakers have less than three weeks to decide.By Jeff St. John .
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