Renewable energy policy encompasses the laws, regulations, incentives, and legal disputes that shape deployment of low‑carbon technologies such as offshore wind, solar power, battery storage, and electric vehicles. It includes federal and state tax credits, grants, permitting regimes, and judicial decisions that can accelerate or constrain project timelines and investment. Interactions with continued support for coal and gas, national security concerns, grid reliability needs, and public opposition to infrastructure create a complex governance landscape for decarbonization pathways in the power and transport sectors.
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Under current supply chain conditions, the United States is on track to fall significantly short of surging demand for three clean energy sources—wind, solar, and battery—due to the scarcity of critical raw materials, according ...
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Household-battery startup Base Power Inc. raised $1 billion to expand its energy-storage business and build a manufacturing plant in Texas.
Oct 9, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
A bipartisan, bicameral contingent of 47 members of Congress has petitioned the EPA to finalize its proposal for the Renewable Fuel Standard program, which includes measures to discourage the use of foreign imports in the ...
Oct 7, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
A federal judge denied the Trump administration's bid to pause Ocean City's lawsuit over offshore wind power due to the federal government shutdown.
Oct 6, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
On Sept. 29, the Trump administration announced a series of actions intended to boost coal mining and electricity generation, its latest move in a government-wide effort to reverse the fuel's decline.
Sep 30, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
A recent federal policy shift toward the increased use of fossil fuels, including coal, and away from renewable sources of power, could have implications for recent declines in emissions in the U.S., particularly as Congress ...
Sep 23, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Tax incentives that saved U.S. residents thousands of dollars on home efficiency upgrades, clean energy installations and electric vehicles are expiring this year. That means people who want to take advantage of them before ...
Sep 18, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, it was the largest climate bill in U.S. history, with major incentives for electric vehicle production and adoption. In its wake, investment in the U.S. electric vehicle ...
Sep 9, 2025
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In a significant setback for California's effort to build hundreds of floating offshore wind turbines in the Pacific Ocean to boost renewable energy, the Trump administration has canceled nearly half a billion dollars in ...
Sep 3, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
The fallowed farmland—too dry, salty and barren to grow crops—stretches across a remote, sunbaked expanse crisscrossed by rutted dirt roads.
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