Policy & regulation

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

A driver plugs in an electric truck at a Forum Mobility charging depot at the Port of Long Beach. — A driver at Hight Logistics, a drayage operator at the Port of Long Beach, plugs in an electric truck at a charging depot operated by Forum Mobility. (Forum Mobility)

Food and farms

There's a push underway to help more US farms save big with clean energy

Advocates say revamping the 20-year-old federal Rural Energy for America Program could give cash-crunched small farms some much-needed breathing room.

By Kathiann Kowalski . 6 March 2023
Nuclear

Will the feds approve any of the new small modular nuclear reactors?

Startups like Nano Nuclear and others are developing promising new designs. But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has a 48-year streak of saying no.

By Eric Wesoff . 3 March 2023
Clean energy

California ups renewables target again with new plan to add 85GW by 2035

The updated carbon-cutting goals will require immense amounts of solar, batteries, offshore wind, geothermal and transmission. Can it all be built fast enough?

By Jeff St. John . 24 February 2023
Clean energy jobs

Chart: US climate law to spur thousands of new jobs in every state

The biggest winners from Inflation Reduction Act–driven projects will be states with plentiful wind and sun and significant manufacturing bases, according to a new analysis.

By Maria Gallucci . 17 February 2023
EV charging

Tesla's Supercharger network will soon open to all types of EVs

The Elon Musk–led EV giant will make at least 3,500 charging stations available to non-Teslas as the Biden administration unveils funding for a national charging network.

By Maria Gallucci . 15 February 2023
Electrification

Rebates for home energy upgrades are coming soon. Here’s how to plan

A home-energy expert offers 5 to-dos for households eager to ditch their fossil-fuel appliances with help from the High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebate Act.

By Maria Gallucci . 7 February 2023
Politics

Minnesota's new climate bill is ambitious: 100% clean energy by 2040

The legislation, which is about to be signed into law, will move the state to all carbon-free electricity, streamline permitting and set pay standards for energy workers.

By Zoya Teirstein . 6 February 2023
Nuclear

Small modular nuclear reactors: The race is on to actually build them

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy just signed a landmark contract to construct a small reactor. NuScale and Holtec also aim to deploy small light-water reactors by 2030.

By Eric Wesoff . 3 February 2023
Fossil fuels

Clean energy is cheaper than coal across the whole US, study finds

Almost every coal-fired power plant in the country could be cost-effectively replaced by local solar or wind and batteries, according to a groundbreaking new analysis.

By Jeff St. John . 31 January 2023
Nuclear

A small modular nuclear reactor just got US approval — a big milestone

Modular reactor pioneer NuScale finally got one of its designs certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but the company is still years away from a deployment.

By Eric Wesoff . 23 January 2023