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As EPA Stalls, States Are Left to Handle Solar Panel Waste

A federal plan to manage the coming “solar waste tsunami” of retired panels has missed its start date, leaving states and the solar industry to patch together their own rules for retiring the panels. Fifteen states have no rules at all.

By Rambo Talabong

Workers remove solar panels from an industrial building. Credit: Waltraud Grubitzsch/picture alliance via Getty Images
Flowers and grasses can be planted ahead of a solar farm’s construction, ensuring a healthy and stable soil in the future. Credit: Courtesy of McCarthy Building Companies

At a Solar Energy Conference, the Star Is … the Soil?

By Rambo Talabong

Lisa Garcia served as the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 2 administrator during the Biden administration. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Former EPA Region 2 Administrator Lisa Garcia Considers Environmental Justice With Trump in Power

By Anna Mattson

Environmental activists at a Sept. 9 demonstration against the Northeast Enhancement Supply pipeline on the Raritan Bayshore in Middletown, New Jersey. Credit: Charlie Kratovil

New Jersey Officials Ponder New Permit Requests for the Northeastern Supply Enhancement Pipeline

By Raeanne Raccagno

In Stone Ridge, Virginia, an Amazon Web Services data center in July 2024. Virginia is a PJM state, and Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

PJM Pursues Rule Change to Meet Data Center Surge. Critics Fear Gas Suppliers Could Benefit.

By Rambo Talabong

A sign for Pfizer is seen at the company’s headquarters in New York City. Credit: Jeenah Moon/Getty Images

NJ Sues Pfizer Over Cancer-Linked Water Contamination

By Rambo Talabong

The Passaic River flows through downtown Newark, N.J. Credit: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The Passaic River Stars in a Short Drama About Its Life as a Superfund Site

By Anna Mattson

A data center’s liquid cooling system. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

How Much Water and Energy do Data Centers Consume? A New Jersey Bill Demands Answers.

By Rambo Talabong

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks in front of the Keystone Trade Center during a press conference on Aug. 7 in Falls Township, Pa.

Citing the Need for ‘Significant Reform,’ Pennsylvania’s Governor Threatens to Pull the State Out of the Region’s Power Grid

By Kiley Bense, Aman Azhar, Charles Paullin, Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

The site at Princeton’s Quarry Park that is being prepared for the town’s new microforest. Credit: Courtesy of Inga Reich

Plans Bloom for a Microforest in Princeton as New Jersey Residents Tackle Rising Heat

By Emilie Lounsberry

Kavone Little stands outside the New Jersey Reentry Corporation’s Kearny facility after graduating from its solar panel installation program. Credit: Rambo Talabong/Inside Climate News

Solar Power Gave Hope to Former Prisoners in NJ. Federal Cuts Are Taking It Back

By Rambo Talabong

The former DuPont chemical manufacturing facility at the Repauno Port and Rail Terminal in New Jersey is being cleaned up for PFAS contamination. Credit: Office of the NJ Attorney General

Chemical Manufacturing Made New Jersey the ‘PFAS Toilet for the Country’

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

A street floods in Plainfield, N.J., as Gov. Phil Murphy declares a state of emergency during heavy rainfall on July 15. Credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

With New Jersey Still Reeling From Summer Storms, Fossil Fuel Interests Fight ‘Climate Superfund’ Bill

By Jon Hurdle

Red “no swimming” flags dot Brighton Beach amid Hurricane Erin on Wednesday in New York City. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Atlantic Shore Towns Feel Hurricane Erin’s Sting Without It Ever Making Landfall

By Kiley Price

The Kearny Generating Station, owned and operated by the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, is seen in Kearny, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

Utilities Want to Regain the Ability to Build Power Plants in PJM. Consumer Advocates Say That’s Probably a Bad Idea

By Dan Gearino

A crew with the Public Service Electric and Gas Company work on power lines in Ridgefield, N.J. Credit: EMAZ/VIEWpress

New Jersey Orders Probe, Demands Transparency From PJM

By Rambo Talabong

With machete in hand, Isiah Cruz clears a patch of invasive common reed along the Passaic River’s edge. Credit: Anna Mattson/Inside Climate News

The Slow-Moving Fight to Clean New Jersey’s Most Contaminated River

By Anna Mattson

A green heron is seen in South Jersey’s Black Run Reserve. Credit: Adam Nolan/Climate Revolution Action Network

Led by Gen Z Activists, Community Opposition Mounts to Residential Development Next to South Jersey’s Black Run Reserve

By Naaja Flowers

The Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant within PJM’s territory, is seen on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

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