I have countless sources for tracking and following cleantech news. Every day, I go through numerous feeds and websites and news alerts to try to find out what’s happening and spot the biggest stories to cover. I very seldom see anything notable cleantech-wise from Tesla or other Elon Musk companies … [continued]
Letter Calls for Credible, Enforceable Provisions in any Taxpayer-Funded Package DES MOINES, Iowa – In a letter to Iowa Economic Development Authority, the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter is urging state officials to ensure any taxpayer-funded incentive package for Mesabi Metallics’ steel mill must include provisions that benefit the public, not just an unconditional … [continued]
Washington, D.C. — Donald Trump’s Department of the Interior has asked a federal court to re-evaluate the permit for Revolution Wind, an offshore wind project that has already begun delivering electricity to families in New England, and completed construction in September. Since 2025, the Trump administration has issued two stop-work orders to … [continued]
How the Trump administration’s policies are driving up costs at the pump and the plug while deepening dependence on fossil fuels, with a focus on nine states: Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. While running for president, Donald Trump vowed to slash “energy and electricity … [continued]
The agrivoltaic movement combines solar panels with agriculture, providing farmers with new opportunities to improve their financial situation at a time of skyrocketing fuel costs (cropped, courtesy of Doral Renewables).
The agrivoltaic movement combines solar panels with agriculture, providing farmers with new opportunities to improve their financial situation at a time of skyrocketing fuel costs.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced it would once again extend the deadline for Big Polluters to report how much greenhouse gases their power plants are emitting. The deadline, originally in March 2026, was pushed back to October for the EPA to finalize its dangerous proposal to … [continued]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Trump administration invited fresh controversy when it announced it will abandon environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to allow oil and gas companies to run roughshod over pristine Arctic ecosystems to search for expensive, far flung oil. The Bureau of Land Management … [continued]
A few days ago, Trump signed an executive order allowing the highway use of tax-free, red-dyed, off-road diesel through the end of the year. With diesel prices surging past $6.30 a gallon due to geopolitical conflicts abroad, waiving the 24.4-cent federal excise tax sounds like a lifeline to truckers and … [continued]
A little-noticed provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act means new stable revenues for western states, but the Trump administration’s actions have limited its impact. The enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), in concert with aggressive anti-renewable energy actions from the Trump administration, is set to … [continued]
The agency’s power plant rollback—right after the hottest summer on record—will raise your power bills and worsen the climate crisis. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its repeal of the 2024 carbon pollution standards for power plants, on the heels of the hottest summer that Americans have ever endured. … [continued]
