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Solar

Can solar for low-income families work in Georgia's tough market?

The state is among the least favorable toward rooftop solar. A new program thinks it’s cracked the code on making it accessible to low-income residents anyway.

By Jeff St. John . 12 February 2024
ENN

Virginia legislation would activate state program to fund electric school buses

An amendment backed by advocates and a Fairfax County Democrat would provide $200,000 to set up a structure for funding fleet transitions statewide.

By Elizabeth McGowan . 12 February 2024
Northeast Energy News

New Hampshire biomass plant files for bankruptcy

12 February 2024
Southeast Energy News

Virginia considers seed money for electric school bus transition

By Mason Adams . 12 February 2024
Midwest Energy News

FirstEnergy scraps 2030 climate goal

By Dan Haugen . 12 February 2024
A huge federal clean electricity procurement is coming

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 12 February 2024
Western Energy News

California looks to phase out fracking

By Jonathan P. Thompson . 12 February 2024
Fossil fuels

New York could rewrite its relationship to fossil gas with this bill

The state needs to downsize its gas infrastructure and electrify its buildings to meet its climate goals. Legislation that would help it do that is gaining momentum.

By Dan McCarthy . 13 February 2024
Heat pumps

Heat pumps outsold gas furnaces again last year — and the gap is growing

While sales of both heat pumps and gas furnaces were down in 2023, heat pumps are proving more popular than ever.

By Alison F. Takemura . 13 February 2024
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For a Chicago artist, Afrofuturism inspires a vision for confronting climate change

Cydney Lewis says the keys to envisioning an equitable future for Black people can be found in the past and present – and all around us.

By Audrey Henderson . 13 February 2024