OIL & GAS: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs into law three bills cracking down on the oil and gas industry, including one that allows local governments to block new drilling, one that ups cleanup ...

GRID: Jersey Central Power and Light files a plan with New Jersey regulators to get approval for what it calls its “largest-ever infrastructure upgrade investment plan,” $935 million worth of grid ...

CLEAN ENERGY: A public-private partnership signs a deal to test emerging clean energy technologies on 65,000 acres of former coal mine land in Southwest Virginia. (Virginia Mercury) ...

OIL & GAS: New research on hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas in Pennsylvania confirms earlier data that links the practice to an array of health harms, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, ...

CLIMATE: Delaware’s governor calls climate change the most important global issue of our time as he signs seven environmental bills into law, including a greenhouse gas reduction target and a school ...

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Rhode Island’s governor wants the state to adopt clean car standards and phase out new gas-fueled vehicle sales by 2035. (WPRI) ...

OIL & GAS: A peer-reviewed study finds natural gas-gathering pipelines in the Permian Basin release at least 213,000 metric tons of methane annually, about 14 times more than U.S. EPA inventory ...

HEAT WAVE: Record-breaking heat pushes California’s peak power demand to an all-time high, but grid operators say conservation measures helped them avert widespread rolling blackouts. (Los Angeles ...

COAL ASH: An Alabama coal-fired power plant with 21 million cubic yards of wet coal ash in an open pit near wetlands and a spill into North Carolina’s Lake Sutton during 2018’s Hurricane Florence ...

OIL & GAS: Group of Seven world leaders, including President Biden, agree to support public natural gas investments in the face of fuel shortages, reversing their earlier pledge to halt fossil fuel ...

CLIMATE: Six southwestern Virginia farmers grow specialty varieties of barley for state craft brewers as part of a regional economic development group’s program to spur off-season agriculture and ...

SOLAR: A solar lending program offers an affordable option for low-income Massachusetts and Rhode Island residents, who still face a price barrier to buy solar panels despite incentives. (Energy News ...