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How Utility Companies and States Shaped America’s Clean Energy Transition

A new book examines “renewable portfolio standard” laws and the ways utilities drove the bus.

By Dan Gearino

A solar farm in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images
Workers assemble electric vehicles on Jan. 13 at a factory in Zhejiang, China. Credit: VCG via Getty Images

China Widens Its Clean Energy Lead

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Before 2021, the Ohio Power Siting Board had approved every wind and solar project to come before it. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Ohio Is Where Wind and Solar Projects Go to Die, and Other Findings From New Research on State Permitting

By Dan Gearino

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said President Trump “took a wrecking ball to solar and wind energy projects.” Credit: Gabriel Matias Castilho/Inside Clean Energy

Cuts to Renewable Energy Research in Energy Department’s Budget Irk Senate Democrats

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Los Angeles refinery is seen on April 2 in Carson, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance

By Marianne Lavelle

A tanker transporting liquefied petroleum gas is seen at a port in Mumbai, India, after passing through the Strait of Hormuz on April 1. Credit: Anadolu via Getty Images

The Global Energy Supply in a Decade ‘Is Not a World We’re Going to Recognize’

By Lisa Sorg

Technicians check equipment at a battery energy storage system in Daggett, Calif. Credit: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Which State Leads in Battery Energy Storage? It Depends on How You Measure.

By Dan Gearino

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

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 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

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

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

The coal-fired Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio. Credit: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

A Perplexing Ohio Bill Would Ban Wind, Solar … and Coal?

By Dan Gearino

Plug-in solar panels hang from a balcony in Stralsund, Germany. Credit: Stefan Sauer/picture alliance via Getty Images

New England Lawmakers Weigh Plug-in Solar as Europe’s Model Spreads

By Ryan Krugman

A chimney from the natural gas-fired Linden cogeneration plant is seen in Linden, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress

New Jersey’s Balancing Act: Cut Utility Bills Without Derailing Clean Energy

By Rambo Talabong

Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico) speaks in support of solar siting legislation during a Virginia General Assembly meeting. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Solar Siting Reforms Advance in Virginia After Years of Failed Attempts

By Charles Paullin

Global Energy Transition Investment Grew in 2025 Despite Major Obstacles; Here Are the Numbers

By Dan Gearino

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