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Solar

Massachusetts grid breakthrough could benefit customers while boosting solar

The state's regulators and utilities are working out a mutually beneficial way to share the costs of the grid upgrades required to build more community solar.

By Jeff St. John . 4 June 2025
Food and farms

Biden’s climate-smart ag program was better than nothing. Trump killed it.

In a climate-dumb move, the Trump administration ended a flawed but necessary program aiming to lower agricultural emissions. We can still draw useful lessons from it.

By Michael Grunwald . 4 June 2025
Northeast Energy News

Opponents sue to re-stop Empire Wind

By Sarah Shemkus . 4 June 2025
Southeast Energy News

Trump’s clean energy rollback could cost families $400 per year

By Mason Adams . 4 June 2025
Midwest Energy News

Illinois advocates vow to try again on clean energy bill

By Andy Balaskovitz . 4 June 2025
Western Energy News

California green hydrogen production project advances

By Jonathan P. Thompson . 4 June 2025
Canary Media Daily

Big, beautiful revisions

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 4 June 2025
Virtual power plants

California’s successful virtual power plant program faces big budget cuts

Companies tapping smart thermostats and solar-charged home batteries to help the grid say funding cuts could undermine their efforts and cost customers.

By Jeff St. John . 5 June 2025
Green steel

Boston Metal forges path to commercialization for green steel process

Amid industry setbacks and federal funding losses, the company, which makes green steel without burning fossil fuels, has a robust plan for moving ahead.

By Sarah Shemkus . 5 June 2025
Energy efficiency

Chicago program to light up dark streets is gateway to energy efficiency

MECRO outfits porches with LED lights that automatically turn on at dusk, helping residents feel safer — and showing them how to start lowering their energy bills.

By Audrey Henderson . 5 June 2025