Regulation

Wyoming’s Largest Utility Joins a New Western Day Ahead Market for Electricity

Access to more power producers over a wider range of the West could lower rates, but Wyoming regulators will monitor the market to see if it penalizes the state’s coal, oil and gas over the next five years.

By Jake Bolster

Western Lawmakers Move To Weaken Clean Air Act and Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawsuits

By Jake Bolster

Virginia Legislature Bucks Governor’s Amendments to Dominion-Backed Bill

By Charles Paullin

After Mass Deaths at ‘Sloth World,’ 13 Surviving Animals Are Transferred to a Florida Zoo

By Kiley Price, Katie Surma

Data Center Tax Exemption Changes Still Holding Up Virginia Budget

By Charles Paullin

A Bill to Gut Endangered Species Protections Faced a Major Setback This Week

By Kiley Price

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

By Dan Gearino

As Climate Disasters Create an Insurance Crisis, a California Bill Seeks to Make Fossil Fuel Companies Pay

By Steven Rodas

Feds Fine Durham-Based Energy Efficiency Company $722 Million

By Lisa Sorg

At Water Week 2026, Local Leaders See a Glimmer of Hope

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Almost Half of America’s Kids Are Breathing Toxic Air

By Keerti Gopal

Corpus Christi Projects Emergency Water Restrictions in September for Large Industrial Users and 500,000 Customers

By Dylan Baddour

Low-Producing Oil Wells in Texas Cause Headaches for Landowners

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje

Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Bid to Block Hawaii Climate Lawsuit

By Marianne Lavelle

Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Just Lost Protection From Mining

By Ana Radelat, MinnPost

Environmental Groups Take Trump Administration’s ‘God Squad’ to Court

By Wyatt Myskow

As Tech Groups Predict Huge Pennsylvania Data-Center Growth, Critics Say Some Bills Would Reduce Local Control

By Jon Hurdle

Maine Presses Pause on Large Data Centers. Will Other States Follow Its Lead?

By Dan Gearino

Climate Activists Stage Mock Funeral for Landmark Climate Rule

By Liza Gross