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01/29/2025

NEW: U.S. power companies want the EPA to immediately roll back regulations on toxic coal ash and rescind Biden-era enforcement actions.

A letter signed by executives from a dozen firms asks the EPA to let the companies off the hook for cleaning up scores of harmful coal-ash sites.

01/29/2025

Just a week ago, securing power was one of AI’s biggest challenges. Then the cheap, energy-efficient DeepSeek showed up.

Read more about AI's new dilemma, and catch up on the latest clean energy news, in this week's newsletter:

A week ago, energy usage was at the heart of AI's coming challenges. The new, efficient DeepSeek model may solve that dilemma.

01/27/2025

Wisconsin solar advocates hoped a family’s fight to access third-party solar would pave the way for its legalization in the state — but then the family moved.

While other states allow solar companies that own arrays to provide power directly to customers, in Wisconsin, the question has been tied up in legal battles for years.

01/23/2025

A lack of transmission lines is holding up Illinois’ clean energy transition. Advocates and experts see an innovative way to get them built.

Merchant transmission lines could play a crucial role in delivering clean energy to Illinois customers, advocates say, and a novel use of RECs could help build them.

01/22/2025

In North Carolina, wood pellet plants are plaguing neighbors with dust and noise as they make fuel for power plants. And when that fuel is shipped to Europe, it’s spreading carbon pollution as well.

Some neighbors of wood pellet mills in the Southeast say they simply avoid outdoor activities such as grilling and gardening to avoid the dust, a byproduct of turning trees into fuel for power plants.

01/12/2025

Clean energy developers and rural leaders have a lot to learn from this Minnesota task force, which has helped the area avoid controversy and misinformation as wind and solar farms bloom.

A long-running local government collaboration in southwestern Minnesota is helping to insulate the region from the kind of controversies and misinformation that have plagued rural clean energy projects in other states.

01/11/2025

Connecticut could get a 325 MW battery facility on a plot once slated to become a natural gas plant — if it can overcome some big barriers.

An Israeli firm wants to build batteries on a site once envisioned for a natural gas power plant, but the regulatory approvals are tangled up with a fossil fuel company that no longer exists.

01/11/2025

As Massachusetts looks to clean up its heating system, these physicians warn biofuels still carry air pollution and public health risks.

Biofuel backers say it could replace fuel oil in existing heating systems, but critics say the lower-carbon alternative still comes with plenty of air pollution and public health impacts compared to heat pumps.

01/09/2025

Catch up on the last few weeks of clean energy news, including:

💧 Tax credits to jumpstart hydrogen
🕚 A last-minute drilling ban
🏙️ Cities lead on building decarbonization

And more, in our newsletter:

A long-awaited federal rule will drive the clean hydrogen industry. Here's how it may fare under the Trump administration.

01/09/2025

Solar and wind projects often run into roadblocks in rural areas. For more than 30 years, a collective of local leaders has helped southwest Minnesota avoid the same pitfalls.

A long-running local government collaboration in southwestern Minnesota is helping to insulate the region from the kind of controversies and misinformation that have plagued rural clean energy projects in other states.

01/08/2025

A Connecticut plot once sited for a natural gas plant could become a battery storage facility — but legal and political complications stand in the way.

An Israeli firm wants to build batteries on a site once envisioned for a natural gas power plant, but the regulatory approvals are tangled up with a fossil fuel company that no longer exists.

01/06/2025

In Massachusetts, fossil fuel heating still dominates. Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility says heat pumps, not biofuels, are a healthier choice to replace it.

Biofuel backers say it could replace fuel oil in existing heating systems, but critics say the lower-carbon alternative still comes with plenty of air pollution and public health impacts compared to heat pumps.

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