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![A man stands on his balcony, which features two small solar panels that generate electricity for his apartment.]()
![A man stands on his balcony, which features two small solar panels that generate electricity for his apartment.]()
Balcony solar took off in Germany. Why not the US?
From breaker-masking to voltage mismatches, America’s grid isn’t ready for balcony solar — yet.
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![Black vultures sit across the Tennessee River from the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station]()
![Black vultures sit across the Tennessee River from the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station]()
The Trump administration says it wants a ‘nuclear renaissance.’ These actions suggest otherwise.
Tariffs and a shake-up at the Tennessee Valley Authority could be getting in the way.
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![A white building in the style of a Greek temple is seen behind several red tulips]()
![A white building in the style of a Greek temple is seen behind several red tulips]()
A forthcoming Supreme Court decision could limit agencies’ duty to consider environmental harms
The ruling could allow federal agencies to skip climate analysis when approving major projects — with wide-reaching consequences.
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![Two men wearing jeans and t-shirts lift a solar panel from the front of a stack of panels on top of a roof, with clear skies behind them]()
![Two men wearing jeans and t-shirts lift a solar panel from the front of a stack of panels on top of a roof, with clear skies behind them]()
A simple tweak to tax law has helped bring solar power to the communities that need it most
The Inflation Reduction Act lets companies sell their clean energy tax credits for cash. Now that benefit is at risk.
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![Cars are pulled into a gas station]()
![Cars are pulled into a gas station]()
In Colorado, gas for cars could soon come with a warning label
Like labels on cigarettes, opponents say fossil fuel warnings could change attitudes. Others call it gasoline “shaming.”
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![A worker wearing a hard hat and safety vest walks past the cooling towers of a power plant under construction.]()
![A worker wearing a hard hat and safety vest walks past the cooling towers of a power plant under construction.]()
The obscure policy that financed many of the last decade’s riskiest energy investments is back
Who pays for the risk that a power plant goes over budget or fails? In states with CWIP laws, it’s not utility companies — but their customers
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![A home with white siding has solar panels on the roof]()
![A home with white siding has solar panels on the roof]()
Massachusetts home-electrification pilot could offer a national model
Installations are wrapping up this month for the turnkey program providing solar, heat pumps, and batteries to households that couldn’t otherwise afford them.
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![A man keeps cool on his porch ahead of his air conditioning unit installation during a heat wave]()
![A man keeps cool on his porch ahead of his air conditioning unit installation during a heat wave]()
‘People would die’: As summer approaches, Trump is jeopardizing funding for AC
Some $380 million is now in limbo after Trump laid off staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.
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The quest to fix the irony at the heart of every heat pump
The appliances are key to ditching fossil fuels, but they rely on powerful greenhouse gases to work. Here’s how to tackle that problem.
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![Smoke rising above an industrial complex decorated with an American flag]()
![Smoke rising above an industrial complex decorated with an American flag]()
Congress is searching for trillions of dollars in cuts. Will the oil industry’s tax breaks skate by?
With a $4.5 trillion fight over tax cuts looming, the oil and gas industry wants to protect billions of dollars in tax benefits it enjoys and get new ones, too.
