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![Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on February 24, 2026 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Spanberger has promised to lower utility bills.]()
![Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on February 24, 2026 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Spanberger has promised to lower utility bills.]()
Can a carbon price lower power bills? Virginia is betting yes.
With power demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state is rejoining a regional climate initiative.
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How deep-red Utah helped launch a portable plug-in solar movement
Since Utah passed a law last year, 30 more states and the District of Columbia have drafted similar bills.
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![Photo of someone holding a grocery receipt over a cart full of food]()
![Photo of someone holding a grocery receipt over a cart full of food]()
The Green New Deal has evolved. Now it’s all about ‘affordability.’
A new "working-class climate agenda" seeks to provide economic relief and tackle global warming at the same time.
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The Trump administration wants to take an ax to the East’s last great forests
The fight over the roadless rule has long focused on the West, but its repeal could fragment some of the last pristine forests in the eastern United States.
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![Woman wearing a green shirt and a baseball hat holds wire fencing in front of solar panels]()
![Woman wearing a green shirt and a baseball hat holds wire fencing in front of solar panels]()
The state of solar: Despite partisan rhetoric, the industry is still booming
Solar power is cheap, fast, and in demand as data centers consume more and more electricity.
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![Ship in the distance on the water with palm trees in the foreground]()
The world desperately needs to decarbonize shipping. Can nations find a consensus?
The shipping industry is responsible for 3 percent of global climate emissions. The Trump administration and the Iran war are complicating efforts to clean it up.
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![An aerial image of an industrial complex set on an island.]()
![An aerial image of an industrial complex set on an island.]()
Maine presses pause on large data centers. Will other states follow its lead?
The moratorium is the first of its type to pass a legislative chamber, but about a dozen other states have pending proposals.
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![Canoers paddle through the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota.]()
![Canoers paddle through the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota.]()
Republicans deployed a little-known law to open Minnesota wilderness to mining
Legal experts say the use of the Congressional Review Act to open mining near the Boundary Waters could drastically reshape U.S. public lands protections.
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Trump and the Illinois governor keep feuding over an invasive fish
After accusing Illinois of being an "unreliable partner," the Trump administration is handing control of a billion-dollar carp barrier to Michigan.
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![Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin arrives for a meeting at the White House in March. Mullin pledged to eliminate his predecessor Kristi Noem's freeze on FEMA disaster spending.]()
![Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin arrives for a meeting at the White House in March. Mullin pledged to eliminate his predecessor Kristi Noem's freeze on FEMA disaster spending.]()
Trump wants to shutter FEMA. Will Markwayne Mullin get it done?
The new Homeland Security chief has pledged to move on from the Kristi Noem era. But as hurricane season looms, the disaster agency is still in disarray.
