Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:29:16 +0000
A new $6 billion round of clean energy funding will benefit rural communities in about two dozen US states, unless the incoming Trump administration figures out a way to stop it.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 04:40:45 +0000
DALLAS, TEXAS (January 8, 2025) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Livingston Parish and Jefferson Parish have been selected to receive a combined total of $12,700,000 to assist in the purchase of 45 zero-emission vehicles through its first-ever Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program. “Thanks to President Biden, we are … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:12:44 +0000
The new offshore drilling ban could help the US Department of Energy achieve its mission of diversifying the US hydrogen supply chain beyond natural gas, and into more sustainable sources.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 15:10:20 +0000
Solar manufacturing credits and the Solar For All program are all on the chopping block in the next administration.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 04:57:41 +0000
I wrote about it a handful of times last year — US solar manufacturing got a big boost from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (aka IRA) and has provided a lot more blue collar (or “green collar”) jobs in the country again. Overall, the IRA has been the biggest … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:07:12 +0000
If we hope to see a climate-hardy world in the years to come, we must recast the way we design our urban environments — they must become ecologically sound and robust sustainable spaces. Possible pathways to achieve such goals are winding and tenuous, sure, and an array of novel innovations … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:10:11 +0000
The transition team for the incoming administration proposes tearing up the carefully crafted EV incentives to please oil companies.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 17:52:03 +0000
The business of decarbonization is too important to wait, say experts. But merely having climate commitments that focus on 2050 isn’t sufficient, as such pledges may lull business leaders into thinking there is still some time left until they need to act. It’s not only possible but prudent for organizations … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:17:57 +0000
For the first time, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 included place-based federal tax incentives for projects located in “Energy Communities,” which might alter the economic equation of where projects should be located. Storage projects may be eligible for a 10-point increase in the Investment Tax Credit (e.g., from 30% … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:05:26 +0000
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to finalize more than $200 million in grant funding in the coming weeks to accelerate the clean energy transition at three Great Lakes shipping ports. That action will obligate the federal government to pay roughly $3 billion in grants under the program, even … [continued]
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