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.
Fossil fuels
Fossil fuels
Vermont is moving from fuel oil to clean heat
The state legislature in Vermont overruled the governor’s veto to pass a law that will curb greenhouse gas emissions from heating homes and other buildings.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Utilities
Utilities are planning to shift to clean energy — just not too quickly
CEO of electricity research group EPRI says U.S. utilities are poised to go big on solar, wind and batteries — but they aren't ready to give up their gas and coal plants just yet.
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Fossil fuels
Chart: Which power sources are most deadly? Hint — not solar and wind
Fossil fuels kill far more people than renewables and nuclear — and that's just counting deaths from air pollution and accidents, not climate disasters.
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Fossil fuels
Puerto Rico is pushing LNG when it says it's shifting to renewables
The U.S. territory has pledged to transition to clean energy, but it backed a controversial liquefied natural gas terminal and may increase LNG imports.
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Climate crisis
Chart: Most voters support EPA limiting CO2 pollution from power plants
A hefty majority of likely voters dissent from the Supreme Court’s latest ruling on climate action.
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Utilities
Supreme Court hamstrings federal efforts to clean up US power sector
The same six justices who overturned Roe v. Wade undercut Biden's climate agenda by restricting EPA's authority to rein in emissions from electricity production.
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Clean energy
These generators can switch from running on fossil fuels to clean fuels
Mainspring Energy’s “flexible-fuel” on-site generators could make it much easier for customers to clean up their act as hydrogen and ammonia fuels become increasingly available.
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