Fossil fuel interests are working to kill solar in one Ohio county. The hometown newspaper is helping. A retired gas industry executive, a shadowy 'grassroots' group and a controversial media company are spreading misinformation while turning residents against a …

3 days ago · President Donald Trump signs executive orders on Feb. 3, 2025. Trump’s freeze on spending has halted several federally funded programs, including Solar For All, an initiative by then-President Joe Biden to provide solar power to low-income households and communities. (C-SPAN) The U.S ...

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Dec 18, 2024 · Inflation Reduction Act Solar for All likely protected from Trump’s roll back of Biden’s IRA. The program is set to install solar panels to power nearly a million low-income households over the next five years

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Nov 2, 2024 · A Floodlight review of campaign donations in nine of the 10 states that elect their public service commissioners found that fossil fuel interests, power companies and related groups have given about $13.5 million to elect their preferred state energy regulators in the past decade — about 35% of all donations $250 and above.

Jan 30, 2024 · This is the methane leak in 2022 in the Rager Mountain storage facility in western Pennsylvania. The leak sent the equivalent of the annual emissions from 300,000 vehicles’ worth of the climate-damaging gas into the air.

Nov 7, 2024 · Gulf Coast Louisiana could be out billions of dollars if controversial coastal restoration stalls. The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if leaders don’t act soon.