Policy & regulation

Electric vehicles

As clean vehicle rules face repeal, advocates urge states to stay strong

Republicans are gunning for California’s widely adopted vehicle emissions rules, jeopardizing EV progress in several states.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 2 May 2025
Transportation

Massachusetts should uphold the state’s clean car rules, advocates say

Gov. Maura Healey’s administration has already delayed plans for ramping up zero-emissions medium- and heavy-duty truck sales.

By Sarah Shemkus . 1 May 2025
Clean energy

North Carolina factories and mills cool on clean energy transition

A bill that would unravel North Carolina’s 2021 landmark climate law has won praise from major industrial groups, some of which previously welcomed more clean energy.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 30 April 2025
Solar

Community solar is winning over Republican lawmakers around the US

In Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, and Ohio, GOP legislators have sponsored bills to spur community solar, which allows more people to access cheap, clean power.

By Alison F. Takemura . 29 April 2025
Clean energy

Connecticut bill aims to cut electric costs, but may stifle clean energy

The legislation would scale back incentives for residential solar and allow a nuclear power plant to benefit from renewable energy programs, among other changes.

By Sarah Shemkus . 28 April 2025
Solar

Minnesota bill could 'all but stop' rural small-scale solar installs

The legislation, which has enthusiastic support from rural electric cooperatives, would slash bill credits for future solar customers in much of the state.

By Brian Martucci . 25 April 2025
Clean energy manufacturing

Chart: Trump is killing the country’s clean-energy manufacturing momentum

In the first three months of this year, firms canceled nearly $8 billion worth of U.S. clean energy projects, mostly factories, in a dramatic turn from the Biden era.

By Dan McCarthy . 25 April 2025
Utilities

Ohio’s HB 6 utility scandal gets true-crime treatment in HBO film

“The Dark Money Game: Ohio Confidential” is now streaming on MAX. A Canary Media reporter who’s spent years covering the corrupt energy legislation offers her take.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski, Dan Haugen . 24 April 2025
Solar

Why one major solar developer isn’t worried about tariffs

Tennessee-based Silicon Ranch pulled in a $500 million equity investment this month, betting on its ability to build solar farms despite political headwinds.

By Julian Spector . 24 April 2025
Utilities

Rising utility bills have Americans worried

As Trump’s policies threaten to raise utility bills, a new poll finds broad concern over costs — and little knowledge of the regulators that control rates.

By Akielly Hu . 23 April 2025