A N.C. environmental panel approved a plan to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative while GOP legislators in Pennsylvania sought to block such a move.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection last week published its long-awaited rulemaking requiring fossil fuel generators in the state to obtain emission allowances under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) has been battling the Republican controlled legislature over plans to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas...

A report released last week by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) encourages the state to significantly increase its energy storage capacity and pair it with an expansion of solar energy. The report identifies a series of programs, policies and incentives lawmakers can implement to add energy storage technologies...