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Maine Commits to 100% Clean Electricity by 2040 

Union of Concerned Scientists

The bill ( LD 1868 ), passed by the Maine Legislature on June 13, will reduce the state’s reliance on imported fossil fuels by requiring all of Maine’s power to come from renewable energy and other carbon-free electricity sources by 2040. She signed the bill into law on June 20, 2025.

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Does California Need New Nuclear Power Plants?

Union of Concerned Scientists

For example, a 2008 bill would have lifted the moratorium entirely and replaced it with a less stringent set of requirements. The cost of other energy technologies matters as well. But when nuclear costs are higher, it doesnt make sense to invest in the technology since there are lower-cost alternatives available.

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Governors Lead the Fight on Forests and Climate

Legal Planet

Despite intense pressure from fossil fuel industry lobbyists, the governors of 22 states and two territories are creating policies that take steps to reduce emissions from buildings, power generation and transportation. Arnold Schwarzenegger helped launch in 2008. In the U.S., governors are working together in the U.S.

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Worsening Wildfires Contribute to Increasingly Unaffordable Insurance and Housing Costs

Union of Concerned Scientists

This kind of oversight, transparency and enforcement is urgently needed, especially as climate-fueled disasters are increasingly disrupting insurance markets and leaving people at the mercy of arbitrary decisions by insurance companies even as they deal with the trauma of losing their homes.

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Opinion: The global response to Trump and Musk cannot be anti-EV rhetoric

A Greener Life

Musk did not create or invent Tesla Historically, Tesla has been a fantastic innovative company, recognised mainly for having played a transformative role in battery technology and the EV (electric vehicle) revolution. It is presented as a state-media publication platform. Many might not know this, but Musk did not create Tesla.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

. -- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts 3-Part Business Fundamentals For Compost Operations Webinars Starting June 17 [PaEN] Public Participation -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 24 [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 95 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- PUC Sets June 5 Hearings (..)

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149 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Honore (Retired) [Stop Selling LNG To Our Competitors] -- PUC Urges Electricity Customers To Start Shopping, Conserve Energy To Help Avoid Impact Of June 1 Rate Increases Of Between 5% and 16% On Most Electric Bills [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 18.4% Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4%