A bill to impose a fee on banks investing in fossil fuels was among the biggest losers in the recent Washington state legislative session.

Vermont’s House of Representatives passed a bill that would implement a clean heat standard, as recommended by the state's Climate Council.

The Maryland Senate approved legislation increasing the state’s GHG emission reduction goal to 60% below 2006 levels by 2030, up from the current 40% target.

The state Energy Commission adopted a key report and opened a proceeding aimed at decarbonizing the natural gas sector, including with heat pumps and hydrogen.

A task group of the Vermont Climate Council will take an extra six months to identify an alternative to TCI-P for reducing transportation emissions.

Many are disappointed that a proposed net-zero building code for Massachusetts does not allow municipalities to ban fossil-fuels in new construction.

The Washington Senate voted along partisan lines to approve a bill designed to trim the carbon footprints of roughly 50,000 buildings in the state.

New Jersey could dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions from buildings – the state’s second largest source of emissions – by replacing fossil-fueled boilers with heat pumps and other electric appliances and beefing up incentives for the equipment, according to a recent report from the New Jersey Conservation Foundation. Heat pumps can replace furnaces or boilers, …

Continue reading "NJ Enviros: Heat Pumps Can Cut Building Emissions, Costs"

New Hampshire utilities are starting to reopen their energy efficiency programs after the governor signed a law that provides funding certainty.

A bill that would have set a goal of net zero GHG emissions by 2050 failed in the New Mexico legislature, but proponents expect a similar proposal next year.