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Heat pumps are expensive. What if billionaires bought them for everyone?
It would cost more than $1 trillion, but the savings from lower bills and cleaner air would be just as high.
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As US bets big on hydrogen for clean energy, local communities worry about secrecy and public health
The Biden administration has set aside billions of dollars for new hydrogen energy. But does the industry need better safeguards?
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This little-known agency has billions to make federal buildings green
With nearly $3.4 billion from the climate law, the U.S. General Services Administration is working to slash emissions from building operations and construction.
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![Wind turbine blades awaiting installation at an offshore wind farm are seen stacked on racks in a harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts.]()
![Wind turbine blades awaiting installation at an offshore wind farm are seen stacked on racks in a harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts.]()
Wind turbines rarely fail. So why did Vineyard Wind’s fall apart?
GE Vernova’s initial analysis found that the fundamental design is sound and the failure of a turbine off the coast of Nantucket originated in the factory that built the blade.
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In Georgia, companies want to cut emissions. Utilities are holding them back.
With less than half of Georgia Power's electricity carbon-free, businesses and governments are scrambling to meet looming clean energy targets.
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![Two signs are stuck in the grass that read Keep Sears Island Wild and Keep it Wild.]()
The siting of an offshore wind port raises new conflicts in Maine
Coastal residents are conflicted over the planned location of a facility that advocates say will help launch Maine's offshore wind industry.
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The $1.7 billion bet on American-made EVs, explained by the Secretary of Energy
Jennifer Granholm tells Grist why the Biden administration is paying to convert auto plants into ones that can churn out EVs.
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![Two men install solar panels on the roof of a two-story house with a shingled roof and white columns on the gabled front porch.]()
![Two men install solar panels on the roof of a two-story house with a shingled roof and white columns on the gabled front porch.]()
Homeowners associations in Michigan now have to allow rooftop solar
A new law makes it difficult for HOAs to say no to sun power.
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What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose.
With the definition resolved, will the EPA come for polluting coal plants?
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How America’s ‘most powerful lobby’ is stifling efforts to reform oil well cleanup in state after state
In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape.
