Regulation

Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest

Despite a sunny climate, Alabama ranks 49th among U.S. states in residential solar installations—lower than Alaska. Advocates say the steep solar fee is part of the reason why.

By Dennis Pillion

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

By Kiley Price

Legislation Aims to Protect Floridians From Data Center Costs, but Will It?

By Amy Green

USDA Says It Needs Roads to Fight Remote Wildfires, but a New Study Says Roads Bring More Fire to Forests

By Zoë Rom

Two Years After Fatal Explosion, Alabama Mine Regulator ‘Letting the Fox Guard the Henhouse,’ Resident Says

By Lee Hedgepeth

Susan Collins and Climate Change: ‘The Silence is Deafening’

By Nathaniel Eisen

New York’s Governor Pushes to Delay a Key Portion of the State’s Climate Law

By Lauren Dalban

A Gas Plant Proposal for Rural Virginia Gets Local Land Use Approval

By Charles Paullin

Georgia Hasn’t Had a Consumer Advocate for Electric Ratepayers for 18 Years

By Ryan Krugman

South Texas Officials Didn’t Know Tesla Was Discharging Lithium Refinery Wastewater Into Local Ditch

By Arcelia Martin

In N.C., Stokes County Approves a Data Center Rezoning, Triggering a Citizens’ Lawsuit

By Lisa Sorg

House Democrats Want Clean Energy Tax Credits Back

By Arcelia Martin

The Fight Over New Jersey’s Tough Environmental Justice Law Is Now in the Courts

By Emilie Lounsberry

Nation’s First Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Biodiversity Hotspot

By Wyatt Myskow

The Latest Front in the Battle Over Climate Lawsuits: Bills Wiping Out Liability

By Dana Drugmand

The Fight Over Logging on U.S. Public Lands Isn’t Done Yet

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

‘We Live in One Ocean’: Native Hawaiian Activist Calls for Inclusion in Deep-Sea Mining Decisions

By Teresa Tomassoni

Alabama Poised to Drastically Overhaul Utility Regulation. Will It Lower Electric Bills?

By Dennis Pillion

California Water Board Will Soon Release a New Rule to Limit Water Pollution From Dairies in the State

By Blanca Begert