Policy & regulation

Politics

How to keep the climate fight alive through a second Trump term

Leah Stokes and Adrian Deveny, two architects of the Inflation Reduction Act, sketch out a plan to keep the clean energy transition on track.

By Jeff St. John . 11 November 2024
Politics

California voters pass $10B bond to help protect people from climate change

States will need to ramp up climate action in the face of rollbacks from a new Trump administration. California is off to a good start.

By Jeff St. John . 6 November 2024
Politics

Washington voters uphold the state’s pioneering climate law

Voters rejected a ballot measure that aimed to repeal the state’s cap-and-invest program. A measure blocking fossil-gas bans may pass, though.

By Akielly Hu . 6 November 2024
Clean fleets

‘Green bank’ launches $250M effort to electrify California’s port trucks

The program, from Climate United and Forum Mobility, will help secure the EV trucks and charging stations needed to phase out diesel trucks at the state’s busy ports.

By Jeff St. John . 29 October 2024
Policy & regulation

The tax code change unleashing $25B in clean energy investment

The Inflation Reduction Act’s transferability provision is expanding opportunities to turn the value of clean energy tax credits into real-world projects.

By Jeff St. John . 28 October 2024
Politics

Clean energy is on the ballot in these utility regulator races

Ten states elect their public utility commissions, which make big decisions about energy. This November, the stakes are high, especially in Arizona and Louisiana.

By Julian Spector . 25 October 2024
Methane

Landfill methane is a big climate problem. Here are some easy solutions.

The methane released by U.S. landfills could be cut in half in the next 25 years if the EPA adopts policies that some states have now, a new study finds.

By Keaton Peters . 22 October 2024
Policy & regulation

Chart: The policy push to electrify lawn equipment, visualized

Dozens of states and municipalities across the U.S. have passed laws that aim to shift residents away from polluting, gas-powered lawn equipment.

By Carrie Klein . 18 October 2024
Policy & regulation

California could lock in disastrous dairy methane rules, advocates warn

CARB could finally regulate methane emissions from the state’s huge dairy farms and eliminate the special treatment dairy biogas gets via its clean fuel program. Or not.

By Jeff St. John . 14 October 2024
Clean energy

Chart: World could triple renewable energy by decade's end

At COP28, more than 100 countries pledged to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. That goal could still be within reach.

By Dan McCarthy . 11 October 2024