Policy & regulation

Batteries

California has a new law to prevent big grid battery fires

The state enhanced battery safety rules in response to the Moss Landing fire. The industry is on board, hoping better standards will reassure the public.

By Julian Spector . 20 October 2025
Marine transport

Global rules to decarbonize ships delayed amid Trump’s pushback

Just weeks ago an agreement on the International Maritime Organization’s ambitious decarbonization plan seemed certain. Then the U.S. stepped up opposition.

By Maria Gallucci, Dan McCarthy . 17 October 2025
Transmission

Trump admin approves $1.6B in financing for AEP transmission project

In a rare example of continuity on energy policy, Trump’s DOE finalized the Biden-era loan to upgrade 5,000 miles of power lines across the Midwest.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 16 October 2025
Clean energy

Trump admin complicates New York’s clean-energy plans

Gov. Kathy Hochul faces tough choices amid cuts to federal grants and pressure from advocates to block gas pipelines that Trump officials are pushing for.

By Lauren Dalban, Inside Climate News . 16 October 2025
Land use

Ohio to fast-track energy at former coal mines and brownfields

It’s part of a new law meant to boost power production amid rising demand — and it could help renewables grow faster while putting industrial land to use.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 15 October 2025
Clean industry

How Trump gutted the team meant to build America’s energy future

The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations had over $25 billion to help companies scale novel low-carbon technologies. Trump is working to erase it.

By Maria Gallucci . 13 October 2025
Offshore wind

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

By Clare Fieseler . 9 October 2025
Carbon removal

Is Trump about to squash America’s carbon-removal moonshot?

Nascent direct-air-capture projects were hit with funding cuts last week. A new list has caused confusion over the fate of DAC hubs in Louisiana and Texas.

By Maria Gallucci . 8 October 2025
Virtual power plants

Why did Newsom veto California’s virtual-power-plant bills?

Supporters say the bills would have helped ease the state’s energy affordability crisis while strengthening grid reliability.

By Jeff St. John . 8 October 2025
Solar

Community solar set to struggle amid federal and state headwinds

Installations of the shared-solar arrays fell by 36% in the first half of 2025, and the longer-term outlook is sluggish, too.

By Alison F. Takemura . 7 October 2025