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Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest

Despite a sunny climate, Alabama ranks 49th among U.S. states in residential solar installations—lower than Alaska. Advocates say the steep solar fee is part of the reason why.

By Dennis Pillion

Mark Johnston, a plaintiff in the case, stands with the 6 kW solar array at his Alabama home. Credit: Courtesy of Southern Environmental Law Center
Jupiter Power’s battery storage complex in Houston. The company was recently awarded incentives for a 200-megawatt project in Sayreville, N.J. Credit: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

New Jersey Turns to Big Batteries as Power Prices Rise

By Rambo Talabong

A look inside Google’s New Albany data center in Central Ohio. Credit: Google

Two Wildly Different Data Centers Reveal a ‘Fork in the Road’ on How to Meet Electricity Demand

By Dan Gearino

Sen. Susan Collins enters the U.S. Captiol on Jan. 27 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

Susan Collins and Climate Change: ‘The Silence is Deafening’

By Nathaniel Eisen

The Punta Cardon oil refinery is seen in the background of a fisherman sailing his boat from a beach in Amuay, Venezuela. Credit: Jesus Vargas/picture alliance via Getty Images

Yes, Venezuela Has a Ton of Oil—But Its Biggest Opportunity Is Offshore Wind

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

A person pumps gas at a BP station on Tuesday in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

How the Iran War Reveals the Extent of Fossil Fuel Propaganda

By Lee Hedgepeth

A pipe discharges liquid waste from Tesla’s lithium refinery plant into a ditch on Feb. 13 in Robstown, Texas. Credit: Steve Ray/Nueces County Drainage District No. 2

South Texas Officials Didn’t Know Tesla Was Discharging Lithium Refinery Wastewater Into Local Ditch

By Arcelia Martin

Honda presents the world premiere of the 0 Saloon and 0 SUV prototypes at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 9, 2025. Credit: Artur Widak/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Vanishing Next Generation of US-Made EVs

By Dan Gearino

An aerial view of the Altamont Pass wind farm on Jan. 13 in Livermore, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

House Democrats Want Clean Energy Tax Credits Back

By Arcelia Martin

Workers remove an old stove from a Bronx apartment as part of a full-building induction stove installation in New York City. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York Cooks Up a Plan to Boost Energy Efficiency in Public Housing

By Lauren Dalban

Workers assemble wind turbine blades at the construction site of a wind farm in Zhangye City, China, on April 17, 2025. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

China’s Clean Energy Push Has Made It Less Vulnerable to Energy Shocks, Including the Iran War

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Georgina Gustin

Virginia Democrats Fail to Reach Compromise on Data Center Tax Exemption

By Charles Paullin

The Snake River flows through Brownlee Dam along the Idaho-Oregon border. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Can Hydropower Ride the Wave of the Energy Boom?

By Dan Gearino

Plumes of smoke rise over the oil depot tanks hit by overnight attacks on March 8 in Tehran, Iran. Credit: Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images

The Iran War Is Making the Case for Renewable Energy, Experts Argue

By Aman Azhar

Gov. Kathy Hochul makes an announcement at the Niagara Power Project on June 23, 2025, directing the New York Power Authority to construct an advanced nuclear power plant upstate. Credit: Darren McGee/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

Upstate New York Communities Eye Nuclear Power

By Lauren Dalban

Speakers at the ComEd press conference pose in front of an electric school bus during the Chicago Auto Show media preview day on Feb. 6. Credit: Courtesy of ComEd

Illinois Utility Announces New Round of Electric Vehicle Rebate Funding for Residents and Businesses

By Sarah Mattalian

An aerial view of a solar farm in Ector County, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Seizes the Solar Crown From California, and Other Key Points From the Latest Electricity Data

By Dan Gearino

An electric school bus is parked at Coral Reef High School in Richmond Heights, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

EPA’s Clean School Bus ‘Revamp’ Means Less Support for EVs

By Marianne Lavelle

Contractors install solar panels on the roof of a department store in Hamilton Township, N.J. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

New Jersey Unions Create a Coalition Focused on Decreasing Energy Costs and Creating Solar Jobs

By Raeanne Raccagno

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