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DOE Restarts Home Efficiency Rebates, and Electrification Is the Biggest Loser

New rules for the $8.8 billion in program funding no longer promote electric home heating.

By Dan Gearino

 HVAC technicians install a heat pump system at a home in Charlotte, Vt., on July 21, 2025. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images
Employees walk into the U.S. Department of Energy building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Administration Dropped Controversial Climate Report From Its Decision to Rescind EPA Endangerment Finding

By Dennis Pillion
In Washngton state, power lines carry electricity near Diablo Dam and the North Cascades National Park. The Trump administration says there is an emergency in the Pacific Northwest because of a shortage of electricity. Credit: David McNew/Newsmakers

Trump’s Energy Secretary Orders a Washington State Coal Plant to Remain Open

By Blaine Harden
A pipe marked "geothermal" leans on other pipes in a residential neighborhood

Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion

By Phil McKenna

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