Policy & regulation

Fossil fuels

Massachusetts residents no longer have to subsidize new gas hookups

A new ruling says anyone who wants a new gas line will have to pay for it. Until now, utilities have spread out the costs of new hookups among all their customers.

By Sarah Shemkus . 14 August 2025
EV charging

Trump admin reopens $5B EV charging program after losses in court

The Transportation Department says states can reapply for funding under the Biden-era program it had halted. Groups fighting the freeze in court decry the delay.

By Jeff St. John . 13 August 2025
Clean energy

States look to unleash wind and solar boom while tax credits still exist

Colorado, Maine, and other states are prioritizing clean energy deployment as Trump’s budget law threatens to raise electricity costs and delay climate goals.

By Maria Gallucci . 13 August 2025
Clean energy supply chain

Trump’s push to mine deep-sea battery metals draws ire from allies

At U.N. talks in Jamaica, allies blasted the U.S. bid to unilaterally mine the high seas. Some made an unusual move to side with America’s economic foe: China.

By Clare Fieseler . 12 August 2025
Carbon-free buildings

Building electrification and fast, affordable construction can coexist

Opponents of gas bans and all-electric building requirements say they’ll make housing unaffordable. That doesn’t have to be true.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 8 August 2025
Carbon-free buildings

San Francisco fast-tracks all-electric standard for major renovations

With the state set to pause code updates in October, the city is racing to close what some saw as a loophole in its existing all-electric building code.

By Alison F. Takemura . 8 August 2025
Solar

Chart: Rooftop solar set to struggle under GOP tax credit repeal

President Donald Trump’s budget law will make rooftop solar more expensive starting next year. A lot less solar will be installed as a result.

By Dan McCarthy . 8 August 2025
Solar

Trump administration says it's axing $7B program for low-income solar

EPA chief Lee Zeldin claims the “big beautiful bill” allows funds for the Solar for All program to be rescinded. Advocates say that’s false and promise to sue.

By Jeff St. John . 7 August 2025
Fossil fuels

Ohio finally ends subsidies for two scandal-linked coal plants

Under the state’s infamous HB6 law, customers had to pay over half a billion dollars to keep the two 1950s-era plants running. A new law ends the subsidies this month.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 7 August 2025
Utilities

California lawmakers have a radical idea for lowering electricity bills

Two bills would replace $15 billion in utility power-grid investments with cheaper public financing — a new approach to cutting sky-high electricity rates.

By Jeff St. John . 7 August 2025