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Electrification

This campaign will help you go electric before federal tax credits end

As the GOP kills incentives, Rewiring America is offering free online tools and weekly calls to get more clean energy and efficient appliances into homes.

By Alison F. Takemura . 2 September 2025

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Fossil fuels

Texas created a $7.2B fund for gas plants. Hardly any are being built.

Even with a financial leg-up from taxpayers, builders are backing off gas plans, worried about profitability or that they won’t be able to get a hold of equipment.

By Paul Cobler . 2 September 2025

Fossil fuels

Chart: The retiring coal power plants Trump could revive

The Energy Department keeps ordering expensive, polluting plants to keep running at the eleventh hour. Here’s what’s on the line through the end of Trump’s term.

By Dan McCarthy . 29 August 2025

Fossil fuels

Trump extends order forcing Pennsylvania fossil-fuel plant to stay open

The administration isn’t backing off efforts to revive retiring coal and gas plants. Now, customers are on the hook to pay for Eddystone for another three months.

By Dan McCarthy . 28 August 2025

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Utilities

Google’s new plan to keep its data centers from stressing the grid

AI data centers are set to swamp U.S. power grids. Google’s new utility deals aim to flip the script — shifting workloads to ease strain and speed its access to energy.

By Jeff St. John . 28 August 2025

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Fossil fuels

As Trump delays steel pollution rules, study shows public health risks

An environmental report maps toxic air pollution near U.S. coal-based steel facilities. The Trump EPA has postponed rules meant to clean up industry.

By Maria Gallucci . 28 August 2025

Solar

How affordable housing can still go solar, despite Trump turbulence

The Trump admin is trying to claw back funding for low-income solar, but projects can still save residents money if local financing fills in the gaps.

By Jeff St. John . 27 August 2025

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Emissions reduction

North Carolina ditched its 2030 climate goal. Now what?

Rising power demand and the low cost of renewables may give wind and solar a fighting chance even though Duke Energy no longer has to cut emissions in the near term.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 26 August 2025

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Offshore wind

New Hampshire, never big on offshore wind, steps back further

State leaders enacted a law mandating a key agency to steer clear of the sector, a practical and symbolic move as the Trump administration continues its attacks.

By Sarah Shemkus . 26 August 2025

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Land use

Trump admin’s new anti-renewables rule rooted in fossil-fuel misinformation

The Interior Department’s directive casts solar and wind energy as bad for the environment, without weighing costs of oil, coal, and gas, critics say.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 25 August 2025

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Policy & regulation

This campaign will help you go electric before federal tax credits end

Texas created a $7.2B fund for gas plants. Hardly any are being built.

Chart: The retiring coal power plants Trump could revive

Trump extends order forcing Pennsylvania fossil-fuel plant to stay open

Google’s new plan to keep its data centers from stressing the grid

As Trump delays steel pollution rules, study shows public health risks

How affordable housing can still go solar, despite Trump turbulence

North Carolina ditched its 2030 climate goal. Now what?

New Hampshire, never big on offshore wind, steps back further

Trump admin’s new anti-renewables rule rooted in fossil-fuel misinformation