March 10, 2025

Fossil Fuels

Duke Energy
North Carolina Regulators Approve Duke’s 1st Carbon Plan
The North Carolina Utilities Commission approved Duke Energy's first carbon plan to comply with state law calling for carbon neutrality by 2050.
The White House
Passage of the IRA Reshapes US Clean Energy Transition
The biggest clean energy story of 2022 was passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, rising improbably from the ashes of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act.
JH Kelly
Invenergy Files Suit Against Wash. Cap-and-trade Program
The owner of Washington’s only non-utility gas-fired plant filed a suit over what it claims is discriminatory treatment in the state’s cap-and-trade program.
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Ohio House Declares Natural Gas ‘Green’ Energy
Ohio lawmakers, dominated by Republican majorities, OK'd legislation declaring green energy “includes energy generated by using natural gas as a resource.”
Princeton University
Study: IRA Will Cut PJM Emissions and Energy Costs
A new study projects that the Inflation Reduction Act will reduce PJM’s carbon emissions while delivering more affordable power.
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NJ Assembly Committee Advances Renewable Natural Gas Bill
A New Jersey bill to boost the use of renewable natural gas advances with opposition from environmental groups and support from business and union interests.
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Ohio Senate Votes to Declare Natural Gas ‘Green’
The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate approved legislation that included a last-minute amendment declaring natural gas to be “green.”
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Manchin Presses Permitting Proposal Excluded from Defense Bill
Sen. Joe Manchin is pressing on with his controversial permitting proposal after it was excluded from a must-pass defense authorization bill.
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Mass. Clean Heat Report Sidesteps Ban on New Gas Installations
A new report by the Massachusetts Commission on Clean Heat lays out a detailed roadmap for reducing buildings’ carbon footprint.
Montgomery County Council
Montgomery County, Md. Passes Building Electrification Law
Maryland’s largest county passed the state’s strongest building electrification law, requiring most new construction be carbon-neutral.

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