Vermont Climate Council member Jared Duval says that heating for cannot only be about carbon-neutrality if it’s to be equitable.

Calpine says it is concerned about climate change. But that doesn’t mean it will quit natural gas-fired power generation any time soon. In its first-ever sustainability report, the privately held independent power producer — the biggest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal in the U.S. — rejects the notion that falling prices for …

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Climate activists mobilized in front of the Massachusetts State House to protest fossil-fuel infrastructure development in environmental justice communities.

New York approved a three-year rate plan for National Grid’s downstate gas companies with provisions for electrification to reduce natural gas demand.

Neothermal will work with Burlington Electric and Vermont Gas on an electric thermal storage heating pilot that uses renewable natural gas as a backup.

PSEG said it expects to be out of the fossil fuel business by the first quarter of next year and is considering investing in another offshore wind project.

NYSERDA says New York needs to move away from a building-by-building heat pump installation approach to a community approach, where practical.

A coalition of 30 organizations asked Michigan officials to ban natural gas in new construction, calling it “a critical measure to reduce air pollution.”

The Vermont Climate Council heard recommendations on how to reduce emissions for the electricity, thermal and transportation sectors.

More than 600 people attended the NARUC Summer Policy Summit in person and hundreds more watched via livestream.