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Jennifer Granholm announced new funding opportunities and projects aimed at expanding access to solar for low- and moderate-income consumers and communities.

Opponents of a gas compressor made a long-shot bid to close the facility in oral arguments that focused on FERC’s handling of environmental justice concerns.

New Jersey has been slow to spend Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative funds since returning to the program but is taking steps to speed up the process.

Oregon is a long way from meeting its 2035 GHG reduction target but should nonetheless advance that goal by five years, a state commission said.

FERC received passionate testimony from panelists at its roundtable on incorporating environmental justice and equity into its infrastructure permitting.

More than one third of New York's census tracts will be designated as DACs, prioritizing them for resources as the state advances its clean energy transition.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a new round of funding aimed at putting EV chargers “particularly in underserved and disadvantaged communities.”

Speakers at a WRI webinar said any updates to permitting necessary to meet long-term clean energy goals need to leave key environmental protections in place.

The New York Climate Justice Working Group appears ready to designate 35% of New York’s 2020 census tracts as disadvantaged communities.

The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission held a conference on issues surrounding natural gas distribution infrastructure as the state moves toward net zero.