Energy

DAYTON, Ohio — Joby Aviation, Inc., a major player in the emerging electric aircraft sector, announced Monday it will invest up to $500 million to build a first-of-its-kind manufacturing plant near Dayton International Airport. The new plant will build, test... Read More

OAKLAND, Calif. — California is suing five of the largest oil and gas companies in the world for allegedly engaging in a decadeslong campaign of deception related to climate change and doing nothing as the state endured the growing problems... Read More

WASHINGTON — Four local governments will each receive a cash prize of $15,000 for their successful adoption of an online platform that instantly issues permits for code-compliant residential rooftop solar systems. The four governments — Oro Valley, Arizona; Fremont, California;... Read More

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two major offshore wind power projects are taking steps forward in New Jersey as the owners of one project agreed to bring the federal government in on their environmental monitoring plans at an earlier stage... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Monday that it has completed its environmental review of the proposed Empire Wind Farm Project offshore New York. With that critical step down, the agency said it will publish the proposed... Read More

MANTENO, Ill. — Gotion High-Tech Co., Ltd., a global EV battery developer headquartered in China, announced Friday that it is going to build a $2 billion “gigafactory” in this small community about 50 miles south of Chicago. Gotion specializes in... Read More

WASHINGTON — A coalition of top energy companies is urging Congress to quickly pass comprehensive, bipartisan permitting legislation to enable the swift development of projects to meet the nation’s climate, energy and economic goals. In a letter to the leaders... Read More

WASHINGTON — The nation’s top corn growers are urging Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to adopt an emissions model developed by the Department of Energy as her department and the Internal Revenue Service work to determine which biofuels will qualify for... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy is investing more than $13 million in seven research and development projects focused on advancing hydropower as a critical source of clean energy.  The funding comes from the bipartisan infrastructure law. It will... Read More

RICHMOND, Va. — Environmentalists are suing Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin over his effort to withdraw the state from a regional agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Youngkin filed notice of withdrawal from the 11-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative at... Read More

WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after being signed into law by President Joe Biden, the Inflation Reduction Act has undeniably provided a huge boost to the renewable energy sector, but the speed at which the U.S. actually moves to a... Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border — a process that won't conclude until the end of next year with the help of heavy machinery and explosives. But in some... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed a lower court order blocking the construction of the final stretch of the $6.6 billion Mountain Valley natural-gas pipeline that will run from West Virginia’s northwestern border to southern Virginia.  In a... Read More

WASHINGTON — Seven of the world’s top automakers unveiled a plan on Wednesday to roll out 30,000 fast electric vehicle chargers across the United States and Canada. The $1 billion joint venture by General Motors, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz... Read More

LONDON — Energy giant BP is investing $10 million in U.S.-based biofuels developer WasteFuel to advance its plan to develop a global network of facilities dedicated to converting municipal and agricultural waste into bio-methanol. The investment will enable Los Angeles,... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will hold the first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 29. According to the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the areas to be auctioned have the potential... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A half-century ago, the nation's top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust. The inaction since — fueled by denials and lobbying from coal... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency disregarded ethanol production's impact on endangered species and other aspects of the environment when it issued the latest iteration of its annual renewable fuel standards, a new lawsuit claims. The agency published its “final... Read More

WASHINGTON — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday celebrated the completion of the state’s largest rooftop solar project. Located in Orange County, New York, or about 62 miles north of New York City, the 7.2 MW community solar project... Read More

DENVER (AP) — Back in 2015, California's dry earth was crunching under a fourth year of drought. Then-Governor Jerry Brown ordered an unprecedented 25% reduction in home water use. Farmers, who use the most water, volunteered too to avoid deeper,... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Office of Nuclear Energy, a division of the U.S. Energy Department, has awarded more than $56 million for 68 nuclear energy projects to accelerate research and development and recognize student innovations in the field. The projects will... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy is making $150 million available in grants for states to help them reduce the cost of training, testing and certifying residential energy efficiency and electrification contractors. The State-Based Home Energy Efficiency Contractor Training Grants... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office is partnering with the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico to present a virtual workshop on the cybersecurity risks in biofuel and bioproduct manufacturing. The Microsoft Teams session will be held... Read More

Summers are famously humid in New York State, but life in the Maioli household has gotten more comfortable since the couple installed a new heating and cooling system — one that isn't well known yet in the U.S. “My wife... Read More

DETROIT — Automotive giant General Motors is partnering with SunPower, a residential solar power provider, to develop a new residential energy system that will enable GM’s electric vehicles to provide backup energy to consumers’ homes. As part of the agreement,... Read More

HOUSTON — Chevron’s Renewable Energy Group and Bunge, an agriculture trading company, have purchased an Argentine firm to help both companies meet the growing demand for lower carbon renewable feedstocks. The company they bought, Chacraservicios SRL, was previously owned by... Read More

HOUSTON — ExxonMobil has signed a carbon capture agreement with Nucor Corporation, one of North America’s largest steel producers. Under the terms of the agreement ExxonMobil’s Low Carbon Solutions division will capture, transport and store up to 800,000 metric tons... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is proposing changes to the federal financial assurance requirements for oil and gas companies to protect taxpayers from the costs of decommissioning offshore oil wells and infrastructure no longer in use. By law, oil and... Read More

WINDSOR, England (AP) — President Joe Biden and King Charles III, two leaders who waited decades to reach the pinnacle of their careers, used their first meeting in those roles Monday to zero in on the generational challenge of climate change, prodding private companies to... Read More

WASHINGTON — Seven national associations, representing everyone from farmers to retailers to renewable fuel producers, are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt a “market-oriented, technology-neutral” approach to setting the next round of tailpipe emissions standards. In April, the EPA... Read More