Liquefied natural gas
Biden's LNG export pause is already on the ropes
Climate activists saw the policy as a major win. Six months later, it has suffered a series of setbacks.
By Jake Bittle .
Policy & regulation
Solar
Puerto Rico extended a key rooftop solar policy. Then came the lawsuit.
The U.S. territory adopted a law protecting its highly successful net-metering program through 2031. Now, a federal control board is challenging that decision.
By Maria Gallucci .
-
-
Solar
In Michigan, homeowners associations can’t stop rooftop solar anymore
Tens of millions of Americans live under HOAs, which sometimes block rooftop solar for aesthetic reasons. Michigan is the latest state to protect access to solar.By Carrie Klein .
-
Nuclear
Will a new law and lots of cash be enough to jumpstart next-gen nuclear?
Recent bipartisan legislation and a fresh $900M in DOE funding aim to boost the nation’s moribund nuclear sector, but industry asks for moreBy Eric Wesoff .
-
Policy & regulation
Missed deadlines pile up as New York’s climate law turns five
New York’s clean energy rollout is not moving fast enough to meet the ambitious emissions-cutting targets the state adopted in 2019.By Colin Kinniburgh .
-
Carbon-free buildings
Can this California bill help get neighborhoods off gas?
The legislation would enable 30 “zonal electrification” pilots across California — a step toward the gas-to-electric transition that’s already underway in other states.By Jeff St. John .
-
Virtual power plants
California budget cuts could decimate key virtual-power-plant programs
Governor Gavin Newsom plans to slash funding for batteries and utility customers to help with grid emergencies — but money for fossil fuel generators keeps flowing.By Jeff St. John .
-
Clean energy
Will new tariffs on EVs, solar, and other cleantech help Americans?
The Biden admin has launched an election-year barrage of trade restrictions on Chinese imports, but they're unlikely to spur a domestic manufacturing surge.By Eric Wesoff .
-
Solar
California regulators torpedo popular plan to boost community solar
The CPUC rejected a broad coalition’s effort to enable community-solar-and-battery projects, voting instead to approve a proposal solar groups say is dead on arrival.By Jeff St. John .
-
Solar
More batteries, less solar: California's solar turmoil in charts
A year after state regulators slashed rooftop solar incentives, new data shows mixed results — and presages tougher times ahead for solar installers.By Jeff St. John .
-
Emissions reduction
Portland, Maine, could launch a 'trust fund' to fight climate change
The city council is voting on an ordinance that would sell off renewable energy credits from solar projects to pay for new emission-cutting efforts.By Annie Ropeik .
Sponsored