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New Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance released last week confirms that gas extracted from livestock manure qualifies for a federal clean fuel tax credit, paving the way for increased investment in biogas projects. 
With help from government incentives, Ukrainian businesses and households are increasingly investing in solar.

Utility-scale solar is one of the fastest-growing sources of farmland conversion in the U.S. and it doesn’t have to eliminate productive land.

Despite a moratorium Governor Jeff Landry issued last October in response to fierce backlash from his own rural constituents, carbon sequestration in Southwest Louisiana continues.

Offshore wind is expanding as an important renewable energy source that many experts say is essential to meeting climate goals.

For Illinois to meet its ambitious decarbonization goals, the state’s energy grid will need more battery storage to make use of solar and wind power when the sun doesn’t shine and wind doesn’t blow.

Holcim will deploy two batteries from the startup Electrified Thermal Solutions to cut down on fossil fuels, which often supply the intense heat in cement-making.

Oppressive tactics seek to suppress information and dissent, while communities face poisoned air and water.

Maine just picked winning projects in a regional bid for new generation and transmission. Here’s what we know so far, and what comes next.
‘Devastating’ UK forest fires show urgent action is needed by 2030 to save the planet, he says

New research from The Earthshot Prize and the University of Exeter has revealed 51 solutions that can trigger “rapid and transformative change” to repair the planet over the next five years.

At the start of 2026, only Utah had legalized plug-in solar. Eight other states have followed suit in an effort to help people lower their sky-high energy bills.

Tariffs on everything from electric vehicles to grid components could slow the energy transition.

A tentative contract announced by Rhode Island Energy would bring 150 megawatts of renewable electricity to the state via an onshore wind farm planned in northern Maine.

A Georgia solar-panel factory — and the jobs it provides — is making renewable energy fans out of state Republicans.

Trump-supporting states are driving the solar boom even as Republican policies complicate its future.
Solar and batteries matter, but they’re not the only reasons for the steep decline in gas-fired electricity.
Some German politicians are calling for a delay to the EU plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles, saying cars must be judged on the entire carbon footprint. But the full picture still says EVs are more climate friendly.
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