State and local governments can expand access and slash electric bills by simplifying slow, expensive permitting processes.
As utility bills soar, Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill faces a high-stakes balancing act over an embattled natural gas project that would stabilize prices—but at a cost to the environment.
Missouri utility regulators approved a tariff to ensure large power users are responsible for offsetting some of the effect their usage has on the power grid and other customers.
The city’s long-delayed groundwater project will serve 500,000 by 2027, reducing dependence on imported water and strengthening drought resilience.
At the Western Governors’ Association workshop in Denver, officials discussed how to modernize transmission, permitting and funding to meet a projected 20-35 percent surge in electricity demand.
After state regulators approved direct potable reuse, city officials say they could avoid costly pipelines and reservoir storage — reshaping one of the nation’s largest water recycling projects.
Geothermal energy is a reliable, low-emission power source that can repurpose abandoned oil and gas wells. New engineering techniques are attracting rising levels of investment.
Fueled by explosive growth in population and industry, Texas’ total energy use has risen 21 percent since 2007 even as the nation’s overall consumption declined.
Local leaders see data centers, which help power the world’s shift to artificial intelligence, as a way to keep their towns open. Residents worry their way of life — and water — is at stake.
Researchers are building the case for putting nuclear microreactors in all sorts of places. Developers will need to work with communities to understand their hopes, concerns and priorities.
Once among the nation’s renewable pioneers, the state now gets only 4 percent of its electricity from renewables and ranks 49th in renewable growth.
Southern states saw huge amounts of growth in renewables last year, but they'll need to work to keep the momentum going.
Despite federal pullbacks, the transition to clean energy is coming. Here's a road map for state and local leaders.
A regional initiative to use hydrogen energy suffered another setback, with a billion-dollar project canceled in Oregon. Energy companies are wary of an initiative that has drawn criticism from the Trump administration.
With federal EV tax credits ending and emissions rules nullified, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state agencies are preparing new subsidies, incentives and regulations to keep climate goals on track.
The Trump administration is planning a drastic rewrite of environmental policy. Will that happen?
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