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As federal incentives for home electrification disappear, an innovative state law lets utilities meet energy-efficiency mandates by getting people off gas.
Over the last two decades, state regulators have allowed companies to release more than a billion pounds of excess pollution.
Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have supercharged the breeding of sandflies that spread the disease, putting 5 million at risk.
As much as $20 billion in upgrades will be required, but the electric vehicle transition could still reduce rates statewide.
A new state law threatens massive fines for releasing air quality data, inviting a First Amendment showdown with community organizations.
As climate change makes summers hotter, restaurant employees are walking out and unionizing.
Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso offer a devil’s bargain: new power lines for clean energy transmission at the cost of more fossil fuels.
That's because chemicals banned under the 1987 Montreal Protocol are also potent greenhouse gases.
The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike.
