California Popularized Solar, But It's Behind Other States on Panels for Renters Solar advocates say state rules passed earlier this year will make it difficult to build more projects designed for renters and low-income residents.

California has lagged behind other states when it comes to community solar. Will that change now that it has $250 million for projects.

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Further evidence that the AI-data center boom complicates the energy transition: it’s crowded out at least one direct air capture project that also sought for clean power, @michellema.bsky.social writes in Bloomberg’s Energy Daily newsletter today.

Tesla Excluded From EV Buyer Credits in California Proposal Tesla Inc.’s electric vehicles would be shut out from consumer rebates under a proposal by California Governor Gavin Newsom, pitting the prospective Democratic presidential hopeful against Republican ...

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Kerry Says World Is Going to ‘Blow By’ 1.5C Climate Goal Former US climate envoy John Kerry said the world is set to blow past a goal of limiting warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, raising doubts about whether even “clawing back” to that target is...

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Hydrogen Wildcatters Are Betting Big on Kansas to Strike It Rich A growing number of startups are searching for geologic hydrogen from the US Midwest to Australia and hoping for a “Spindletop moment.”

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California Braces for Flash Floods and Landslides From Powerful Pacific Storm Torrential rains will pound Northern California and Oregon for days as a powerful storm known as an atmospheric river unwinds a stream of moisture from the Pacific Ocean, threatening to unleash floods...

California, Oregon get their first big atmospheric river of the season. Heavy rain, floods and landslides likely. The storm will come in warm, so not a lot of snow pack, said Marc Chenard of the US Weather Prediction Center.
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Hydrogen Wildcatters Are Betting Big on Kansas to Strike It Rich A growing number of startups are searching for geologic hydrogen from the US Midwest to Australia and hoping for a “Spindletop moment.”

A new breed of prospectors are searching for underground hydrogen. Finding it would be "one of the single most important events in our lifetimes."