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.
Energy & Green Tech
Floods. Fires. Drought. Extreme heat. Massive storms. It's impossible to read the news these days without seeing clear distress signals from a planetary climate system in growing disarray. The impacts of climate change are ...
Aug 15, 2025
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Business
The abrupt termination of tax credits for clean energy projects is perhaps the most drastic blow that President Donald Trump has struck in his campaign against wind and solar electricity.
Aug 12, 2025
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A controversial overhaul of rooftop solar regulations instituted more than two years ago by the California Public Utilities Commission will get another look after the state Supreme Court on August 7 sided with a trio of environmental ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday moved to kill a $7 billion program designed to bring rooftop solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities across the United States.
Aug 8, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday terminated a $7 billion grant program that was intended to help pay for residential solar projects for more than 900,000 lower-income U.S. households.
Aug 7, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Getting our response to climate change right will be crucial to getting Australia back on the path to productivity growth.
Aug 4, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
California is often criticized for high electricity costs and slow development timelines. But critics confuse the real reasons for this problem. According to California's utility regulators, power bills are soaring because ...
Aug 4, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Building a solar farm in Australia is getting about 8% cheaper each year as panel prices fall and technology improves, according to an official new report. Battery storage costs are falling even more sharply, dropping 20% ...
Jul 31, 2025
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Business
The vast tract of land off Route 85 was meant to be a symbol of Made-in-America manufacturing. A billion-dollar battery factory was going to rise, bringing thousands of new jobs. The business announced, "Get Ready Arizona," ...
Jul 10, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
When congressional Republicans decided to cut some Biden-era energy subsidies to help fund their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they could have pruned wasteful subsidies while sparing the rest. Instead, they did the reverse. ...
Jul 9, 2025
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