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The Hidden Culprit Behind Rising Gas Utility Bills 

Utility spending on infrastructure has more than tripled in the last decade, making up the bulk of customer costs, according to a new report by the Building Decarbonization Coalition.

By Carrie Klein

A worker in a hard hat leans over a pipe snaking over the ground.
Baysi Vasquez’s daughter, Ivanna, stands in front of their home where heat pumps were installed. “All farmworkers deserve the right to affordable air conditioning,” she said. Credit: Twilight Greenaway/Inside Climate News

Farmworkers in the Hottest Part of California Find State Funds to Cool Their Homes and Save on Energy

By Twilight Greenaway

A Volkswagen ID.4 EV charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2024. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

As Consumer Tax Credits Vanish, What Do You Need to Know?

By Dan Gearino

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright leaves the East Room after attending an event with President Donald Trump to urge the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” at the White House on June 26 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Latest GOP Provisions in Budget Bill Seek to Crush Renewable Energy

By Bob Berwyn

Jackie Robinson, lead instructor at the Energy Coordinating Agency, shows off a heat pump in his Philadelphia laboratory on April 22. Robinson and other instructors prepare hundreds of students each year for careers in HVAC and energy efficiency. Credit: Kyle Bagenstose/Inside Climate News

As Federal Incentive Rollbacks Loom, Could the Heat Pump Revolution Stall Out?

By Kyle Bagenstose

California's high electricity rates make it difficult for electric heat pump customers to save money. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Do Heat Pumps Save You Money? In California, It Depends on Your Electric Utility

By Twilight Greenaway

More than 1 million people skated on the Rideau Canal Skateway, the world's largest ice rink, in Ottawa this winter. Credit: Phil McKenna/Inside Climate News

Can the World’s Largest Ice Rink Survive a Warming Planet?

By Phil McKenna

A pipe provides natural gas to an apartment building in Queens, New York City. Credit: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Windows Open, Heating On: A New York City Winter 

By Lauren Dalban

A construction crew works to build a two-family house in Shelburne, Vt. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Vermont Faces Potential Retrenchment in Climate Ambition

By Nathaniel Eisen

Pipes for a geothermal heating system are dug into the ground using an excavator. Credit: MyLoupe/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A Little-Known Clean Energy Solution Could Soon Reach ‘Liftoff’

By Phil McKenna

A heat pump is installed at a home in Standish, Maine. Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

New Federal Housing Grants Are a Win for Climate Change and Environmental Justice

By Kristoffer Tigue

An air source heat pump repairman from Valiant replaces a Wilo pump inside an air source heat pump unit at a house in Folkestone, United Kingdom on Dec. 23, 2021. Credit: Andrew Aitchison/In pictures via Getty Images

Why a State-Led Coalition to Install More Heat Pumps Is a Big Deal for Climate Change

By Kristoffer Tigue

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks at the Carver Vocational School on November 13, 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

As Maryland’s General Assembly Session Opens, Environmental Advocates Worry About Funding for the State’s Bold Climate Goals

By Aman Azhar

An air source heat pump repairman from Valiant replaces a Wilo pump inside an air source heat pump unit at a house in Folkestone, United Kingdom on Dec. 23, 2021. Credit: Andrew Aitchison/In pictures via Getty Images

International Commission Votes to Allow Use of More Climate-Friendly Refrigerants in AC and Heat Pumps

By Phil McKenna

Kristen Taddonio confers with the CU Boulder students working on the home they were constructing for her and her husband in Fraser, Colorado, which was the students' 2021 Solar Decathlon entry. Credit: Casey A. Cass/University of Colorado

A Colorado Home Wins the Solar Decathlon, But Still Helps Cook the Planet

By Phil McKenna

Contractors work on single-family homes under construction in the Cadence Park development of The Great Park Neighborhoods in Irvine, California, on April 14, 2021. Credit: Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

California Proposal Embraces All-Electric Buildings But Stops Short of Gas Ban

By Dan Gearino

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