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Fossil fuels

In Appalachia, fracking is not the job creator the industry claims

Oil and gas production isn’t translating to more jobs for residents of heavily fracked communities, new research shows.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 14 August 2025

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Fossil fuels

Massachusetts residents no longer have to subsidize new gas hookups

A new ruling says anyone who wants a new gas line will have to pay for it. Until now, utilities have spread out the costs of new hookups among all their customers.

By Sarah Shemkus . 14 August 2025

Fossil fuels

Ohio finally ends subsidies for two scandal-linked coal plants

Under the state’s infamous HB6 law, customers had to pay over half a billion dollars to keep the two 1950s-era plants running. A new law ends the subsidies this month.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 7 August 2025

Fossil fuels

Trump’s EPA delays rules requiring toxic coal ash cleanup

The agency’s move to extend compliance deadlines for “legacy” coal ash dumps is the latest in a string of Trump admin attacks on environmental regulations.

By Kari Lydersen . 22 July 2025

Carbon capture

In Ohio, oil and gas industry is steering new carbon capture bill

Newly obtained public records show that the industry has worked hard to ensure the legislation prioritizes their interests over climate change concerns.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 22 July 2025

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Utilities

Virginia regulators rebuke Dominion’s long-term plan, but OK it anyway

The state's utility commission called the 15-year forecast flawed but "legally sufficient," ordering major changes for the next one due in 2026.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 18 July 2025

Utilities

Will the AI boom be powered by big, slow energy projects?

This week’s AI summit deepened a trend of datacenter developers hitching their hopes to old-school energy sources, from gas power plants to hydropower.

By Julian Spector, Dan McCarthy . 18 July 2025

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Fossil fuels

Trump’s push to keep coal plants running could cost consumers billions

The DOE’s emergency stay-open orders for aging fossil-fuel plants are forcing unexpected costs onto utility customers. Additional orders would deepen the harm.

By Jeff St. John . 16 July 2025

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Fossil fuels

Critics fear Trump will use flawed DOE report to push pro-coal agenda

Grid experts say DOE’s new forecast of major blackout risks by 2030 misuses data to justify the Trump administration’s push to force dirty plants to stay open.

By Jeff St. John . 14 July 2025

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Fossil fuels

States, enviro groups fight Trump plan to keep dirty power plants going

State regulators, consumer advocates, and environmental groups say the Department of Energy is acting illegally in forcing aging, costly power plants to stay open.

By Jeff St. John . 10 July 2025

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Fossil fuels

In Appalachia, fracking is not the job creator the industry claims

Massachusetts residents no longer have to subsidize new gas hookups

Ohio finally ends subsidies for two scandal-linked coal plants

Trump’s EPA delays rules requiring toxic coal ash cleanup

In Ohio, oil and gas industry is steering new carbon capture bill

Virginia regulators rebuke Dominion’s long-term plan, but OK it anyway

Will the AI boom be powered by big, slow energy projects?

Trump’s push to keep coal plants running could cost consumers billions

Critics fear Trump will use flawed DOE report to push pro-coal agenda

States, enviro groups fight Trump plan to keep dirty power plants going