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Liquefied natural gas

Hawaiʻi committed to 100% clean energy. Now it’s flirting with natural gas.

Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, wants to import LNG to slash energy bills. But the move might not lead to savings — and it could trip up the state’s climate goals.

By Julian Spector, Savannah Harriman-Pote

Electrification

Southern California clean-heat rule survives key legal challenge

By Maria Gallucci

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Energy efficiency

Trump admin could undermine energy efficiency with dubious new analysis

By Alison F. Takemura

Data centers

Data centers use more power in the US than in any other country

By Dan McCarthy

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Editor's picks

1 Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ law was supposed to kill clean energy. It didn’t.

One year ago, President Donald Trump signed a massive bill into law and ripped away clean energy tax credits. Renewables have rolled with the punches.
2 Installing a heat pump might increase the value of your home
3 Is New England’s new hydropower transmission line paying off?
4 Hyundai’s new steel mill sparks hopes and fears in Louisiana
5 Community solar needs space to grow. Warehouse rooftops have lots of it.

Hydropower

Could hydropower hamper NYC’s building decarbonization law?

New York City building owners can soon buy renewable energy credits to comply with Local Law 97. Climate groups want Mayor Mamdani to limit this practice.

By Benjy Sachs, New York Focus
Data centers

Duke Energy proposes special rules for data centers in North Carolina

After insisting it wasn’t needed, Duke pitched a "large load tariff" for big energy users — a concession to critics before a hearing on its proposed rate hike.

By Elizabeth Ouzts
Electrification

In this Brooklyn warehouse, stoves are turned into batteries

Startup Electra is outfitting induction stoves with slender batteries that enable the electric appliances to be plugged into a standard outlet — and help the grid.

By Maria Gallucci
Policy & regulation

Major energy-affordability bill passes Massachusetts Senate

Now the legislature must hammer out the differences between the Senate text and the House version, which includes major cuts to energy-efficiency funding.

By Sarah Shemkus
Electric vehicles

Electric trucks look a lot more appealing when gas prices are sky-high

A head-to-head matchup of electric and gasoline cargo trucks shows how rising fuel costs make EVs much cheaper to run. Now, can manufacturers lower up-front costs?

By Jeff St. John
Solar

In Ohio, solar is no big threat to farmland

Fears over farmland loss have fueled arguments against renewables in Ohio — but golf courses and suburban sprawl take up far more acreage than solar does.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski
Solar

Martha’s Vineyard solar array will cut bills for low-income islanders

A new rooftop solar project offers the first test of a community-benefit model that nonprofit PowerOptions Connect hopes to roll out across the Northeast.

By Sarah Shemkus

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Northeast

Clean energy news from the Northeastern U.S.

Clean energy news from the Northeastern U.S.

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How an NYC high-rise is keeping cool with geothermal energy

New York City’s green building laws are pushing developers toward cleaner technologies — even as state policymakers backtrack on climate change targets.

By Maria Gallucci

Vermont is boosting new homes that can cut energy use in half

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Connecticut’s new solar law is better than nothing

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Massachusetts Senate preserves energy-efficiency funding in new bill

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Tesla offers discounted home batteries in New England VPP push

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Green steel

A year after US Steel was sold, communities push for clean investment

Northwest Indiana residents say Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel could bring jobs and growth. But they’re still waiting on Nippon to deliver.

By Maria Gallucci
Carbon-free buildings

California’s choice: Cleaner air for schools or money for utilities

State lawmakers must decide whether to unlock $194M to fix aging school HVAC and plumbing systems or return it to utilities for a few dollars off monthly bills.

By Jeff St. John
Electric vehicles

These states are the best for EV buyers and drivers

California, Massachusetts, and several other states are home to robust charging networks and strong consumer incentives that make it easy to go electric.

By Kathryn Krawczyk
Fossil fuels

Washington coal plant produces no power but plenty of costs. Who pays?

The Trump administration ordered the last coal plant in Washington to be on standby. Its owner wants utilities to pick up the still-running tab for that.

By Tom Banse

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Heat pumps may soon outsell air conditioners in US

For years, heat pumps have outsold gas furnaces in the U.S. — and now the superefficient appliances are coming for conventional ACs, too.

By Dan McCarthy

Rooftop solar is in for a tough few years in the US

Solar beat coal on the US grid in May — a new milestone

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Electric cars are starting to take over the world

The tax credit cliff has hit EV sales hard

Batteries

Base Power brings cheap batteries to residents in power-starved PJM

The unicorn startup launched its first move outside its home state of Texas, pitching low-cost energy and backup power in northern Illinois.

By Julian Spector
Virtual power plants

Tesla, Sunrun, Renew Home team up on massive 16GW virtual power plant

The clean energy giants are uniting their home batteries and smart thermostats to help tech giants power booming, AI-driven data centers without crushing the grid.

By Jeff St. John
Energy efficiency

Norwegian startup raises $6M to fix this sneaky source of energy waste

Eqon makes devices that can “dim” the power consumed by electric heating cables, which factories and cities use — often inefficiently — to keep surfaces warm.

By Maria Gallucci
Data centers

Virginia slaps data centers with big new tax — but no climate rules

The state’s Democratic trifecta couldn’t agree on clean energy or air-quality reforms in time for the budget, which passed this week after months of negotiation.

By Elizabeth Ouzts
Food and farms

Your morning coffee is killing the planet

Coffee farms take a heavy toll on wildlife and the climate, as seen recently with deforestation in Vietnam. But the food you eat is causing even more damage.

By Michael Grunwald
Wind

New Ohio bill could hamstring big wind and solar farms even more

Despite bipartisan agreement that Ohio needs more electricity generation, the GOP-led Senate passed a bill that would boost natural gas and ding renewables.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski
Solar

California solar surged ahead of gas in the first 5 months of 2026

Utility-scale solar outproduced gas plants on 82% of all days from January through May, with batteries helping to extend solar’s reach into the evening hours.

By Julian Spector
Clean energy

The Iran war sparked a shift toward clean energy. Will it last?

Sky-high fossil fuel prices drove people around the world toward clean energy. But even as the Strait of Hormuz reopens, they may not turn back.

By Kathryn Krawczyk
Geothermal

Eavor plots next step for novel geothermal project after rocky start

The startup’s first-of-a-kind geothermal project hit key milestones in Germany — but also technical hurdles. Now it’s looking for partners to help finish the job.

By Maria Gallucci

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