A growing focus on reducing gas use is drawing criticism from environmentalists who say the state isn't doing enough and others who say it’s going too fast.

A coalition of builders and other parties filed suit to revoke new state rules that ban the installation of gas-fired space and water heaters in new buildings.

A group pressing Massachusetts’ transition to carbon-free fuels is trying to head off consideration of hydrogen as a wide-scale replacement for natural gas.

N.J. officials said they will continue to study how to cut building emissions after backing off a controversial ban on new commercial size fossil fuel boilers.

A N.Y. panel approved a scoping plan for meeting state decarbonization goals but three members opposed the report, citing cost and reliability concerns.

Reaching President Biden’s net-zero goals will require an increased rate of expanding the grid and electrifying transportation and buildings, an adviser said.

The White House Council on Environmental Quality issued a federal building performance standard requiring agencies to cut energy use by 2030.

A new report by the Massachusetts Commission on Clean Heat lays out a detailed roadmap for reducing buildings’ carbon footprint.

SHARC Energy will build a combined wastewater energy transfer geothermal system in two buildings in the Bronx as part of New York’s Empire Building Challenge.

The Biden administration announced nearly $9 billion in funding to provide rebates to families for upgrading their homes with energy-efficient improvements.