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Offshore wind

New England labor unions call for faster offshore wind buildout

A new report by unions in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut recommends tripling the region’s 2040 offshore wind goals and centering workers.

By Carrie Klein . 26 November 2024

Canary Media

This chart will cheer you up

Look at wind and solar growth over the last 20 years. You can't tell where a Democratic administration ends and a Republican administration begins.

By Eric Wesoff . 25 November 2024

President Trump standing at a podium with stripes of American flag behind him

Policy & regulation

In North Carolina, conservative clean energy supporters aren’t worried

At a Conservatives for Clean Energy luncheon in Raleigh last week, attendees downplayed the potential impact of a second Trump term on clean energy progress.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 25 November 2024

Policy & regulation

Will Trump’s plan to kill the EV tax credit help China?

The $7,500 tax credit requires EVs to source battery materials outside China. Cutting it could undermine investment in the U.S. battery supply chain.

By Jeff St. John . 25 November 2024

Clean industry

Lasers could help cut CO2 emissions from Maine’s paper and pulp mills

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute is testing a new industrial drying technique that uses lasers instead of gas furnaces to dry paper, pulp, and other materials.

By Sarah Shemkus . 22 November 2024

Clean industry

Chart: Green industrial projects are stuck in limbo

Nearly 700 projects to clean up steel, cement, and other industries are in progress worldwide — but developers are struggling to finance and build them.

By Maria Gallucci . 22 November 2024

Long-duration energy storage

The biggest grid storage project using old batteries is online in Texas

Startup Element Energy set out to prove that second-life batteries could deliver cheaper energy storage safely and at scale.

By Julian Spector . 21 November 2024

Air travel

Sustainable aviation fuel is taking off. What is it, exactly?

Aviation experts say SAF is the “only viable option” for curbing emissions from flying in the near term. Here’s what you need to know about these three letters.

By Maria Gallucci . 21 November 2024

a room with three or four voting stations in it, with people standing at each voting

Clean energy

Voters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, create a local clean energy utility

The municipal effort aims to supplement utility DTE's grid with local, reliable, clean energy at below-market rates.

By Julian Spector . 20 November 2024

Policy & regulation

‘Business as usual:’ Why the $27B ‘green bank’ could survive Trump

Republicans have attacked the Inflation Reduction Act’s landmark green lending fund, but backers say it will help grow jobs in red and blue states alike.

By Jeff St. John . 20 November 2024

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New England labor unions call for faster offshore wind buildout

This chart will cheer you up

In North Carolina, conservative clean energy supporters aren’t worried

Will Trump’s plan to kill the EV tax credit help China?

Lasers could help cut CO2 emissions from Maine’s paper and pulp mills

Chart: Green industrial projects are stuck in limbo

The biggest grid storage project using old batteries is online in Texas

Sustainable aviation fuel is taking off. What is it, exactly?

Voters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, create a local clean energy utility

‘Business as usual:’ Why the $27B ‘green bank’ could survive Trump