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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...

Despite the pandemic, green banks in the U.S. mobilized more investment in 2020 than any previous year, according to the annual report of the American Green Bank Consortium released last week. The consortium’s 21 green bank members spurred $1.7 billion in investments last year with just $442 million of funds.

Fulfilling the goals of New York’s 2019 landmark climate law, according to some, will require more aggressive action than has been proposed already. Public appointees of the state’s Climate Action Council on Thursday gave legislators their reactions to the advisory panel recommendations that will inform a scoping plan for emission...

Women have a significant role to play in driving the rapid change needed to create a sustainable and equitable society, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo told members of New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE) on Thursday. "We need your voice, and we need more women leaders,"...

The Vermont Climate Council is considering delaying the release of the Climate Action Plan that it is directed by statute to adopt this fall. If the council interprets its statutory requirement "to produce a Climate Action Plan on Dec. 1 as producing a draft plan," it could take a few...

President Biden’s opening bid on the 2022 budget makes good on his promise to use a "whole of government" approach to address climate change, calling for an additional $14 billion in "climate change investments." Biden’s $1.5 trillion discretionary budget request released Friday is an attempt to reverse a decade of...

The town of West Hartford, Conn., is struggling to bring diverse voices to its new all-volunteer Sustainability Advisory Group. The Town Council passed a resolution in February to form the group as a civilian task force to support town staff. Officials want the membership to "reflect West Hartford’s diversity and...