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Amy Laura Cahn of the Vermont Law School said the Vermont Climate Council should spend extra time on the equity component of the state's climate plan.

Social and environmental activists told state officials that New York needs to hurry up and get serious with its climate justice policies.

CARB board members sounded off on a scoping plan that will serve as a roadmap for the state to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.

Mass. regulators opened an inquiry in April to hear from the public on outreach and engagement processes for energy infrastructure projects.

At the end of Colorado's legislative session, climate bills surrounding air quality, energy efficiency and underserved communities await Gov. Polis' signature.

New York legislators have passed a bill that would connect downstate customers with upstate community solar projects by allowing cross-utility crediting.

Clean energy advocates and developers urged New York regulators to reject utilities’ proposals to incorporate new net-metering charges in their tariffs.

The Transportation and Climate Initiative released its program Model Rule with updates based on stakeholder input on the draft model rule released in March.

Mass. AG Maura Healey’s office organized a panel of policy experts to help regulators think about how they will manage a declining fossil fuel system.

The Vermont Climate Council is trying to find a way to engage meaningfully with the state’s most vulnerable communities and still deliver a climate plan on time in December. "This rocket-fueled schedule that we have right now ... was designed with very little appreciation for the very thing that we’re...