More than a dozen groups say a draft document lacks urgency and tangible action items, and fails to address a state law that prioritizes highway construction. North Carolina clean transportation plan ‘misses the mark,’ advocates say is an article from Energy News Network, a nonprofit news service covering the clean energy transition. If you would like to support us please make a donation ..read more

A member of the state’s code council says the bill, sponsored by a GOP lawmaker who is also a builder, comes as a “surprise” amid efforts to compromise with the building industry. North Carolina House panel votes to block new energy-efficient building code is an article from Energy News Network, a nonprofit news service covering the clean energy transition. If you would like to support us please make a donation ..read more

A Charlottesville grant program is helping minority-owned small businesses pay for energy upgrades. Community grants help Virginia small businesses trim energy costs – without the red tape is an article from Energy News Network, a nonprofit news service covering the clean energy transition. If you would like to support us please make a donation ..read more

Utilities hope to expand Michigan’s markets for fossil and ‘renewable’ natural gas as state and advocates call for decarbonization to fight climate change. Michigan utilities want to spend taxpayers’ ‘low carbon’ money on natural gas is an article from Energy News Network, a nonprofit news service covering the clean energy transition. If you would like to support us please make a donation ..read more

“Equity and justice are central to everything that we do”: As the U.S. Department of Energy’s deputy director for energy justice, Dr. Tony Reames helps to put equitable energy policy into action. Dr. Tony Reames wants you to know the Energy Department is serious about equity is an article from Energy News Network, a nonprofit news service covering the clean energy transition. If you would like to support us please make a donation ..read more

The Cape and Vineyard Electric Offering will provide a mix of solar panels, heat pumps and battery storage to 100 low- and middle-income households in the region. After five years of bureaucratic limbo, Cape Cod clean energy program finally comes to fruition is an article from Energy News Network, a nonprofit news service covering the clean energy transition. If you would like to support us please make a donation ..read more

Climate science is among a wide range of “controversial matters” included in the Higher Education Enhancement Act, which seeks to police classroom speech on abortion, immigration, diversity, and other issues. Ohio higher-ed bill would require instructors to teach ‘both sides’ on climate change is an article from Energy News Network, a nonprofit news service covering the clean energy transition. If you would like to support us please make a donation ..read more

Carba says it’s developed an inexpensive and energy-efficient method for capturing carbon emissions, using a portable reactor that converts plant waste into a charcoal-like substance called biochar. ‘Reversing’ coal mining: Minnesota startup uses plants to trap carb emissions is an article from Energy News Network, a nonprofit news service covering the clean energy transition. If you would like to support us please make a donation ..read more

In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the Sierra Club alleges that the Illinois EPA never granted nor denied Prairie State’s application for an operations permit under the Clean Air Act, leaving it to operate illegally for most of the last decade. Troubled Illinois coal plant never received an operating permit, ran ‘illegally’ for over a decade, lawsuit says is an article from Energy News Network, a nonprofit news service covering the clean energy transition. If you would like to support us please make a donation ..read more

Ameren opposed the legislation in Kansas in 2016 when it stood to lose financially. Now that it stands to earn cash, it’s in favor. Missouri, Kansas utilities back bills to reestablish monopoly on transmission projects is an article from Energy News Network, a nonprofit news service covering the clean energy transition. If you would like to support us please make a donation ..read more