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

Legislation in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island would allow small solar panels to plug directly into home outlets, expanding access to clean energy.

By Ryan Krugman

Plug-in solar panels hang from a balcony in Stralsund, Germany. Credit: Stefan Sauer/picture alliance via Getty Images
A wind turbine at Orsted’s Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Trump Administration Issues Stop Work Order for Offshore Wind Project, Citing National Security Concerns

By Aidan Hughes

Deepwater Wind, regulated by the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, was the nation's first offshore wind farm, as seen from Block Island. Credit: Mark Harrington/Newsday RM via Getty Images.

A New Bill in Rhode Island Would Give Electric Ratepayers More Resources to Fight Back  

By Julia Vaz

Roofing material is unloaded at the Port of Providence in Rhode Island. Credit: Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images

In Providence, Trump’s EPA Freeze Leaves People’s Port Authority in Limbo

By Julia Vaz

A view an offshore wind turbine installation jack-up vessel called the Sea Installer on Aug. 17, 2023 in New Bedford, Mass. Credit: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Trade Unions Urge Southern New England States to Triple Their Offshore Wind Commitments

By Jon Hurdle

Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island on July 7, 2022. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Multi-State Offshore Wind Pact Weakened After Connecticut Sits Out First Selection

By Jon Hurdle

Lobbyist Jim Cole (center) talks with then Colorado Rep. Jessie Danielson at the State Capitol in Denver on Feb. 25, 2016. Credit: Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post via Getty Images

With States Leading on Climate Policy, New Tools Peer Into Lobbying ‘Black Box’

By Marianne Lavelle

Wind turbines spin above corn fields near Carroll, Iowa on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Credit: Bill Clark/Getty Images

These Small- and Medium-Sized States Punch Above Their Weight in Renewable Energy Generation

By Dan Gearino

Power lines and power generating windmills rise above the rural landscape on June 13, 2018 near Dwight, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 5 States that Took Leaps on Clean Energy Policy in 2021

By Dan Gearino

Providence, Rhode Island skyline in the morning from the Seekonk River in Autumn. Credit: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Warming Trends: A Baby Ferret May Save a Species, Providence, R.I. is Listed as Endangered, and Fish as a Carbon Sink

By Katelyn Weisbrod

7 AGs Urge Congress to Preserve States' Greenhouse Gas Authority

By SolveClimate Staff

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