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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.
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Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.

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Good News for Good Jobs: Clean Energy Soars

Expert BlogUnited StatesLara Ettenson

The just-released third annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report, a comprehensive look at energy jobs in America, showed once again that clean energy—especially efficiency—is the driving force behind job growth in this sector.

PJM Auction: Wind, Solar, Efficiency Still Face Barriers

Expert BlogJennifer Chen
While the auction results show an uptick in market participation of renewable and demand-side resource participation, PJM’s market rules still impose unnecessary structural barriers to these fuel- and emissions-free resources.

Reno’s Green Building Awards Celebrates Efficiency Leaders

Expert BlogKatharine McCormick
The City of Reno held its first annual Green Building Awards celebrating the accomplishments of local leaders in building energy efficiency. Nearly a hundred community and building representatives attended the May 8th event at the Grove, a local LEED Certified…

State Clean Energy Laws Make New England Grid More Resilient

Expert BlogBruce Ho
The New England power grid is growing more reliable and resilient thanks to state renewable energy and energy efficiency laws that are reducing the region’s dependence on natural gas and other imported fossil fuels.

New Buildings in Pennsylvania to Leap Forward in Efficiency

Expert BlogLauren Urbanek
New homes and buildings built in Pennsylvania will soon use less energy and have substantially lower utility bills, thanks to a huge leap in the efficiency of the Pennsylvania statewide building energy code announced last week.

Avoiding Another California Electricity Crisis

Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh
The adage about history not repeating itself but rhyming is inescapable in the California debate about potentially ruinous financial liabilities facing electric utilities in the aftermath of disasters worsened by climate change, such as last fall’s wildfires and mudslides. And…

Cuomo Launches Ambitious Energy Efficiency Plan

Expert BlogDonna De Costanzo, Jackson Morris
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today released a nation-leading energy efficiency initiative that will cut customers’ bills and power plant emissions, create thousands of new jobs, and lay the foundation to meet New York’s clean energy and climate pollution reduction goals.

We Need an Equitable Energy Efficiency Focus in New York

Expert BlogNew YorkSneha Ayyagari, Pamela Rivera

A robust and sustainable program would increase energy affordability, improve public health, and create jobs for all New Yorkers including environmental and climate justice communities and low and moderate income households.

Nixing Michigan Gas Plant has Precedent

Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez
As we near the date for the Commission’s decision on DTE’s $1 billion gas plant, it’s important to remember that not too long ago the state faced a similar proposed gas build from Consumers Energy. That plant was never built—and…

A Plug for Plug Load:NY Needs Appliance Efficiency Standards

Expert BlogSamantha Wilt, Sneha Ayyagari
In January’s State of the State address, Governor Cuomo promised that by Earth Day, New York would have a new comprehensive energy efficiency framework, including a 2025 target for lowering the State’s overall energy consumption.

PJM Offers Two Proposals: A Rock and a Hard Place

Expert BlogJennifer Chen
PJM, the transmission grid operator for parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, filed two competing proposals Monday at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency tasked with ensuring that wholesale electricity market rules result in reasonable rates. Both proposals would…

Catapulting New Jersey Into the Clean Energy Future

Expert BlogDale Bryk
After years watching Governor Christie's administration pander to the fossil fuel industry, New Jersey will finally enjoy a policy designed to drive investment in energy efficiency, solar, and wind power.

Building Energy Codes Can REV Up NYS Energy Efficiency

Expert BlogDonna De Costanzo, Sneha Ayyagari
This blog was authored by Samantha Caputo, Policy and Research Associate at Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP). Updating the building energy codes in New York and including a plan for zero-energy buildings in the broader energy efficiency framework will help…