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For the past four years, the UpgradeNY coalition of clean energy, environmental, and labor groups has been pushing New York regulators to approve projects that could switch entire neighborhoods from fossil gas to clean electric heating — and to do it without undermining fossil gas utility jobs and investments. The…

New Mexico boasts stark landscapes unlike anywhere else, a clearly defined regional cuisine built around fiery Hatch chiles, and cultural centers that predate the United States by several centuries. It’s unusual in another way, too: As many states struggle to advance on their path to a 100% clean electricity system,…

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here . Picture a buoyant triangular steel or concrete platform roughly the dimensions of a baseball field. Now place a wind turbine…

Amy Winton doesn’t like that she has to depend on fossil gas for her restaurant, Mexican taquería Pandita in Eugene, Oregon. But she’s stuck with the gas-fueled burners, heaters, and outdoor fireplace that came with the space. “We just don't have the funds” to switch to electric equipment, Winton said. “If we had…

A tiny power plant notched a big win last month off the coast of Oregon: For nearly 30 seconds, it generated electricity using the heat of an underwater volcano. The startup Endurance Energy deployed its test unit, called Adélie, about a mile below the surface of the Pacific Ocean during a three-week demonstration…

Illinois has built out large amounts of renewables in the past decade to reach its mandate of 100% clean energy by 2050 . So far, though, it has lagged on building battery storage, which advocates say is especially necessary now as data center development drives up energy demand. Last fall, Illinois passed an…

A global supply shortage and U.S. tariffs have roiled the aluminum market this year, putting greater pressure on the United States to produce more of its own metal. Plans to build or reopen giant smelters are moving forward , but they all hinge on securing huge amounts of cheap power — at a time when data centers are…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. It’s a great time to have an electric vehicle — and more Americans are getting the message. Despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to refrain from striking Iran before next month’s midterm elections, oil…

See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . Clean energy installations have persisted at record levels despite President Donald Trump’s best efforts to stop them. But the first year of Trump’s second term did leave a mark on U.S. jobs in the sector. Clean energy jobs fell in 2025 after four years of…

In North Carolina, tech giants and other large corporations that want their own 24/7 carbon-free electricity have a problem. Across most of the state, only Duke Energy, the state’s vertically integrated utility, can sell them power, and the company’s grid isn’t required to be 100% clean until mid-century. For the…

Lithium-ion batteries could do so much for AI data centers and the power grid. They’re cheaper than the fossil-gas turbines that tech giants are building at gigawatt scale for their “AI factories.” They can cushion the cost of building out grid infrastructure and power plants just to serve data centers’ peak energy…

This article was originally published by Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for its newsletter. Three years ago, hydrogen seemed poised for a long-awaited breakthrough. The Biden administration announced $7 billion in federal…

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter . Cindy O’Neil understands the boom-and-bust cycles of industry. Her husband spent years working in Carbon County’s namesake coal mines. In this pocket of central Utah, energy and the economy have long been intrinsically linked, at…

CHICAGO — On a beautiful fall Saturday morning on the South Side of Chicago, the Life Center Church of God in Christ thrummed with excitement. The pews were packed with over a thousand people dressed in their best — including more than a hundred in black graduation caps and gowns. Before praying, Pastor Torrey L.…

This is California Wire , a weekly newsletter from Jeff St. John on the state’s clean energy transition. Subscribe to get it every Wednesday via Substack. Hi everyone! Welcome back to California Wire. Last Thursday, I took the train up to Sacramento to participate in a panel at the California Energy Storage…

After halting construction on offshore wind farms and canceling leases for future projects, the Trump administration just took another step to erode America’s troubled offshore wind industry. The Interior Department wants to reevaluate a key approval for Revolution Wind — a $6.2 billion project that is already…

Voters will have a chance to pick their utility regulators in nine states this November. But Georgia is one of the only states that could flip party control of its public utility commission, an often overlooked institution that determines how much people’s energy bills will rise. Last year, as energy affordability…

Qcells , one of the most prolific solar manufacturers operating in the U.S., is staking a claim on the next generation of solar power. Laboratory scientists have established that solar panels convert sunlight to electricity with much higher efficiency if traditional silicon cells are paired with layers of…

A community solar project built for New Orleans’ oldest historically Black Catholic order of nuns. An all-electric affordable housing complex in Salt Lake City. A program offering low-income Maryland households inexpensive loans for rooftop solar and energy efficiency. These are just some of the recent projects…

When one of the nation’s biggest investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric, wanted to replace Merrian Borgeson’s aging gas service line in Berkeley, California, she asked the company not to do it. Borgeson, who is the California policy director for climate and energy at the nonprofit Natural Resources…