In Virginia, the globe’s largest concentration of data centers, and nationally, local opposition has coalesced into a powerful, bipartisan force.
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Moore Signs Two Energy Bills As June Rate Hikes Loom
Maryland Matters
Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) said the bills make up “the most substantive energy affordability package that Maryland has seen in several decades.” But the new measures come less than two weeks before an expected June rate hike hits.
Solar Apprenticeships Give Virginia Students A Head Start On Clean Energy
Canary Media
A regional partnership working to add solar panels to commercial buildings in the region aims to train young people as they go, developing workforce skills in anticipation of increasing demand for renewable energy-focused jobs in the heart of coal country, where skill sets and energy options are both changing.
Trump’s Attack On Offshore Wind Is Hurting Virginia. Why Aren’t Republican Leaders Fighting For Us?
Virginia Mercury
On May 5, attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over its attacks on the wind industry. The lawsuit challenges an executive order, signed by President Donald J. Trump on his first day in office, stopping all approvals, permits and funding for wind projects across the country and offshore.
EPA Could Offer Chemical Companies A ‘Break’ On Air Pollution
Bay Journal
The EPA earlier this year notified companies that would be subject to a new suite of air pollution control measures that they could individually apply for a two-year exemption from complying to the new rules. The exemption, in many cases, would push the compliance deadline to 2028 or 2029.
National and International News
The U.S. Under Trump: Alone In Its Climate Denial
The New York Times
The administration is not only allowing more greenhouse gases. It is undermining the nation’s ability to understand and respond to a hotter planet.
Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration To Restore Environmental Grant Funding
Inside Climate News
Thirteen nonprofits and six municipalities said they filed suit after they were forced to furlough employees and pause programs intended to benefit farmers, communities and public health.
If You Want To Claim The Solar Tax Credit, Install Now
Grist
Tucked into the House Republicans’ 389-page tax bill released on Monday is a poison pill for U.S. clean energy developers and manufacturers, one that energy and tax policy experts say would essentially repeal the hundreds of billions of dollars of tax credits now flowing to energy projects and solar, battery, and EV factories across the country.
Clean Energy Cash Gushing Into Red States Puts GOP Senators In A Bind
The Washington Post
Donald Trump campaigned last year on reversing what he called the “Green New Scam,” but Republican senators now must grapple with the reality behind the slogan: cutting hundreds of billions of dollars of clean energy subsidies that are flowing to their own states.
House GOP Budget ‘Worse Than Feared’ For Clean Energy: Analysts
Utility Dive
House Republicans on Thursday morning narrowly passed a sweeping budget bill that guts federal support for wind, solar, storage and other clean energy industries.