A political scientist says the governor's claim to not know about a seven-figure donation in a tight election "is perhaps the ...

Jonathan hails from southwestern Colorado and has been writing about the land, cultures, and communities of the Western United States for more than two decades. He compiles the Western Energy News ...

SOLAR: While a federal database shows around 0.02% of U.S. cropland is used for large solar projects, an analysis of four Midwest counties reveals much higher penetrations, worrying some farmers and ...

Advocates say the tool required under the new law should make energy saving programs by Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power more transparent and effective.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: A $4 billion electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant taking shape in a rural Kansas town is fueling speculation about whether a nearby low-income housing community could be ...

EFFICIENCY: Advocates laud a new Virginia law that strengthens energy efficiency standards and mandates the development of a standardized test to measure the cost effectiveness of any proposed ...

A pair of new regulations finalized Thursday are expected to require cleanup of coal ash pollution at all known locations ...

The proposed legislation started small but now aims to address a wide range of common frustrations facing rural electric cooperative customers who install solar panels.

Backers see the projects as a key tool to expand economic opportunities to BIPOC communities while supporting the growth of ...

Legislators have proposed a new voluntary license plate that highlights the best of dual-use solar practices while also ...

A new generation of heat pumps are taking advantage of the Earth’s heat to both warm and cool big buildings and whole ...

OVERSIGHT: South Carolina House lawmakers begin attaching energy language to every Senate bill on a committee’s agenda in an attempt to push the Senate to take up a bill that overhauls state energy ...