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In Minnesota, electricians are plugging into a new niche installing EV chargers

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has trained and certified more than 400 electricians to install commercial EV chargers, while several contractors are finding steady work helping homeowners get their garages ready for at-home charging.

By Frank Jossi . 3 May 2023
Solar

Are new solar tariffs coming soon? Here's what you need to know

The House just voted to undo a pause on solar tariffs. If the repeal becomes law, tariffs would derail the U.S. solar rollout this year — but that's unlikely.

By Dan McCarthy, Eric Wesoff . 3 May 2023
Transmission

Clean energy transmission line in New England gets go-ahead from jury

The new wires will deliver cheap Canadian hydropower to a region still dependent on gas and oil.

By Jake Bittle . 3 May 2023
Fossil fuels

New York passes first statewide ban on gas in new buildings

The first-in-the-nation law takes aim at a major source of carbon emissions and air pollution starting in 2026, but it doesn't affect existing buildings.

By Maria Gallucci . 3 May 2023
Transportation

California adopts first-ever rules to decarbonize freight trains

All new locomotives operating in California will have to be zero-emissions by 2035. But rail operators say the technology isn’t ready to roll just yet.

By Maria Gallucci . 2 May 2023
ENN

Insulation upgrades, limited aid hold Mainers back from heat pumps

As fossil fuel costs remain high, the pressure is on for advocates and service providers to expand access to heat pumps and energy efficient home improvements.

By Annie Ropeik . 1 May 2023
ENN

Mental health, roofing and job training: Illinois ‘just transition’ grants roll out

The first round of funding under Illinois’s Energy Transition Community Grant program is helping communities add mental health care services, expand workforce training opportunities, and restore local budgets battered by the decline of fossil fuels.

By Kari Lydersen . 1 May 2023
Electric vehicles

How quickly can trucking decarbonize? California is about to find out

California's new Advanced Clean Fleets rule will push trucking to go electric over the next 20 years — the most ambitious such mandate in the country.

By Jeff St. John . 1 May 2023
ENN

Connecticut regulators seek more authority to move the needle on climate goals

Proposed legislation would empower the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to write new rules to hit the state’s decarbonization goals.

By Lisa Prevost . 28 April 2023
Batteries

Battery firms set to thrive under new California rooftop solar regime

Home battery installs could double in California this year, now that the state has ditched net metering and overhauled incentives for rooftop solar owners.

By Julian Spector . 28 April 2023