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Energy efficiency

Louisiana kills energy-efficiency program in eleventh hour

Energy regulators voted along party lines to cancel the program. One official called it “a punch to the face to all Louisianians who are struggling to pay their bills.”

By Pam Radtke, Floodlight . 18 April 2025

A man wearing glasses stands with his hands in his vest pockets in the middle of a street surrounded by buildings.

Clean energy

The rural N.C. mayor betting big on clean energy to uplift his hometown

In one of the nation’s poorest towns, the mayor and others are planning to build a solar installation, a weatherization resource center, and a gleaming new resilience hub.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 15 April 2025

Geothermal

Lennar will build 1,500 new Colorado homes with geothermal heat pumps

The homebuilder is partnering with Dandelion Energy to install the tech, which is efficient but expensive — unless it’s built into new homes from the start.

By Jeff St. John . 2 April 2025

A worker uses a hose to blow fill bays encased in a membrane with insulation in an attic.

Utilities

Ohio utility retracts energy-efficiency plan despite potential savings

Duke Energy Ohio’s retreat is the latest chapter in a struggle to restore utility-run energy-saving programs that were eliminated by a 2019 law.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 27 March 2025

Two people with their arms around each other stand in a park looking at tall city buildings.

Carbon-free buildings

How to decarbonize every building everywhere — just not all at once

To become climate-friendly, buildings need heat pumps, energy-efficiency measures, cleaner construction, and tech that makes their power use more flexible.

By Alison F. Takemura . 26 March 2025

statue in foreground, state capitol of New Hampshire in background against blue sky

Clean energy

Housing developers will have a new green financing tool in New Hampshire

State lawmakers started the 2025 session with a rare bipartisan win, passing legislation to establish C-PACE loans.

By Sarah Shemkus . 13 February 2025

Electrification

North Carolina launches first-ever statewide electrification incentives

State officials recently unveiled a broad home energy efficiency and electrification program, but it’s unclear whether the Trump administration will block funding.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 5 February 2025

David Funk, president of Zero Emissions Northwest, discusses a solar energy project with a Washington state wheat farmer.

Policy & regulation

Trump's climate spending freeze is already causing serious economic harm

Federal courts have ordered funding to resume. But businesses and community groups struggling to stay afloat because of the pause don’t know when they’ll see it.

By Jeff St. John . 3 February 2025

Energy efficiency

These high-tech windows fight climate change – and will save you money

LuxWall makes vacuum-sealed glass in a factory it opened this summer. Now it’s ramping up production after landing a federal grant and $51 million in new funding.

By Julian Spector . 4 December 2024

Carbon-free buildings

Major Ohio cities aim to cut building emissions with voluntary program

A $10M Inflation Reduction Act grant will help Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton collaborate on new building performance standards.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 18 September 2024

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Energy efficiency

Louisiana kills energy-efficiency program in eleventh hour

The rural N.C. mayor betting big on clean energy to uplift his hometown

Lennar will build 1,500 new Colorado homes with geothermal heat pumps

Ohio utility retracts energy-efficiency plan despite potential savings

How to decarbonize every building everywhere — just not all at once

Housing developers will have a new green financing tool in New Hampshire

North Carolina launches first-ever statewide electrification incentives

Trump's climate spending freeze is already causing serious economic harm

These high-tech windows fight climate change – and will save you money

Major Ohio cities aim to cut building emissions with voluntary program