30-year-old energy efficiency standards for manufactured homes will be back in play under this federal bill — and the Southeast has the most to lose.

Illinois is still adding solar industry jobs — and is training a wave of young adults to fill them.

A predominantly Black South Carolina county is fighting a data center — which a white town already rejected. From @capitalb.bsky.social:

Ohio lets counties, townships, and disgruntled residents delay or even doom solar and wind developments. It protects fossil fuel endeavors from facing the same scrutiny.

Last year wasn’t a good one for green steel in the U.S. But decarbonization is still on the agenda for 2026. Here are 3 big trends to watch:

Virginia’s legislative session has kicked off, with several data center and energy affordability bills on deck for lawmakers to consider.

Wisconsin state legislators want to keep data center power demand from spiking household energy costs. The problem? Democrats and Republicans disagree over how it should involve clean energy.

First, clean-energy project grants restored. And now, Revolution Wind, Empire Wind, and the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind projects back in session. It was a tough week for Trump's energy agenda, to say the least.

The Trump administration has quietly stymied 22 GW of wind and solar power on public lands, thanks to an Interior Department policy that requires all such projects to get Secretary Doug Burgum’s personal approval.

Hyundai wants to produce direct reduced iron in Louisiana. But first, it’ll test its tech in South Korea.

For the first time ever, Texas got more power from solar than coal last year.

It's a shame to see Wisconsin's attempt at commonsense policies to contain harms of unchecked data center speculative development undone by a Republican-introduced poison pill that all renewable energy used to power data centers must be built on-site... www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat... #energysky

Why is the Trump admin targeting two small California cities’ gas bans? It’s all part of a “broader harassment campaign” against local and state climate action.

Water-strained California farmland may soon get new life as the home of the country’s largest solar and battery project.

Elevate Renewables has acquired a 150 MW battery project in Virginia, and plans to complete it just in time for this summer’s spike in electricity use.

Duke Energy is backing off a major pumped storage expansion project, even though North Carolina needs power more than ever.

More and more EVs are plugging into the grid. Here’s how utilities can accommodate them, without pricey upgrades.

Are bribes free speech? On Monday the government waived its right to respond to pleas by convicted #HB6 felons Householder and Borges for the Supreme Court to take up their case. They basically argue the 1st Amendment excuses corruption. www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... @canarymedia.com

U.S. carbon emissions climbed last year. Will a rise in coal power generation keep the trend going, or will surging solar win out?

U.S. carbon emissions rose in 2025, pushed up in part by coal plants operating longer hours. Thank you, Trump: www.canarymedia.com/articles/emi...

A House-passed bill to cancel energy efficiency standards for manufactured homes will be an especially big problem in the Southeast.

“If a mostly white community can push back on this project and get it stopped, it’s unacceptable that the next move is to fly under the radar in a rural Black community with even less transparency,” Black added. www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...

A data center is trying to build in this predominantly Black South Carolina county — after a white county rejected it. From @capitalb.bsky.social:

Illinois is beating back the federal gutting of clean energy, including with work programs preparing young residents for a still-growing need for solar installers and electricians.

Nearly 10 years after Massachusetts announced plans to buy 1.2 gigawatts of carbon-free hydropower from Canada, the clean electrons are finally set to start flowing.

Revolution Wind can keep building after yesterday’s court ruling. Will the four other suspended projects follow?

Ohio is letting drillers pump fracking waste underground, despite community opposition. But when residents and municipalities fight solar farms, the state bends the knee.

U.S. emissions bucked a 2-year trend and once again increased last year. Here’s what power generation suggests about what’s to come.

Revolution Wind can resume construction — the first domino to fall as offshore wind farms fight the Trump administration’s stop-work order.

This flows directly from the fact that clean energy is cheap energy. The Trump administrations opposition to cheaper energy sources has raised the cost of energy AND raised emissions. www.canarymedia.com/articles/emi...

These two California cities are the latest subjects of the Trump administration’s anti-climate ire.

Where the U.S. got its power supply from saw some surprising changes last year. Here’s what shifted:

Westlands Water District has approved a plan to build solar and battery storage across up to 136,000 acres of San Joaquin Valley farmland. The land could meet a quarter of California's clean energy needs by 2035: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... via @jeffstjohn.bsky.social

Affordability and data centers will top Virginia’s legislative agenda this session — two challenges that clean energy can play a big role in addressing.

Green steel has an uncertain year ahead. Here’s what @mariagallucci.bsky.social predicts will happen: ➡️ Coal-fueled furnaces will continue firing up ➡️ Scrap recycling will scale with clean energy ➡️ Global pressure for greener steel will only grow

A massive solar and battery project could be headed to parched California farmland. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

After a decade of public opposition, legal challenges, and even a ballot referendum, the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line is ready to go.

In California’s Central Valley, a 21-gigawatt solar, battery, and grid project has won a key approval. The Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan could boost the region's economy by converting water-parched farmland to solar. But will communities benefit? www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky

"The Trump administration’s campaign to force aging coal plants to keep running has entered a new phase: ordering broken-down units to come back online," reports @jeffstjohn.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos... 🔌💡

The EPA wants to let coal plants continue dumping toxic ash into unlined pits for the next five years.

Natural gas prices are surging. Heat pumps are getting more popular. Induction cooking is on the rise. These are just a few signs that building electrification has a bright future ahead.

2025 was a really, really bad year for offshore wind in the U.S. — but it also contained some big lessons for the industry.

The DOE is ordering broken-down coal plants to come back online, which means another round of costs for utility customers — and more reliability risks for the grid.

Ohio’s HB 6 power plant bailout scandal could be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which huge implications for other political bribery cases.

Well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of Trump’s own attacks on offshore wind.

Can flexible interconnection spare PJM customers from data center demand and rising power costs?

Ohio’s largest utility wants to make it harder for rooftop solar owners to recoup their investments.

It’s not easy to turn a Superfund site into a solar powerhouse. But Waukegan, Illinois, made it happen, with help from state policy.

A huge, first-of-its-kind energy storage project just climbed another step on its way to deployment in the California desert.

"Because Hydrostor is trying to build a fundamentally new type of storage plant, there isn’t a clear market comparison to benchmark against. And it’s also competing in a fundamentally new type of market niche: long-duration storage," writes Julian Spector: www.canarymedia.com/articles/lon... 🔌💡