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Barbara Kelley remembers when her car and windows were routinely coated with a thin film of coal dust that had drifted over from the power plant on the edge of her neighborhood in Salem, Massachusetts. She remembers the noise as a conveyor belt lifted the coal into the building. She also remembers how pleased she was…

The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations was supposed to be a launchpad for ambitious projects to help America lead the way on cleaner power and manufacturing. Now it’s been reduced to a shell of itself. As the Trump administration slashes spending and fires workers across the federal government, the U.S.…

The first wind farm slated to plug into New York City’s grid has already endured one political catastrophe this year. Now, a logistical crisis looms on the horizon. Equinor’s Empire Wind is a 810-megawatt project being built about 20 miles off the shore of Long Island, promising enough energy to power 500,000 homes…

In July, China launched the world’s largest green hydrogen plant. One month later, India’s government backed 19 projects designed to make the country a leader in producing green hydrogen, which could help decarbonize everything from steel to shipping. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are pumping billions of…

This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. The specter of additional, deeper federal funding cuts is haunting the clean-energy sector. A Department of Energy list shared this week with Canary Media suggests the agency is thinking about canceling a…

See more from Canary Media's "Chart of the week” column . Renewable energy just notched a major milestone. Worldwide, renewables produced more electricity than coal across the first half of this year — a first, according to clean-energy think tank Ember . The global revolution in solar deployment made the…

Investment in cleantech startups is tracking toward the lowest level in years. But Base Power shrugged off the market trends and just raised $1 billion to turbocharge its home battery buildout. The colossal Series C funding round comes only six months after it raised $200 million in an April Series B. Addition led…

Power demand from data centers threatens to scuttle utility decarbonization goals, push grid infrastructure to the brink, and drive up electricity costs for everyday customers already struggling to pay their bills. But a new report identifies a strategy that utility planners can take to avoid these problems while…

About 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia, workers have been building America’s largest offshore wind farm at a breakneck pace. The project will start feeding power to the grid by March — the most definitive start date provided by its developer yet. “First power will occur in Q1 of next year,”…

America’s fledgling carbon-removal industry is on edge following funding cuts from the Trump administration — and rumors of even further clawbacks to follow. On Tuesday, a list of potential U.S. Department of Energy award terminations shared with Canary Media, and which circulated in Washington, included two giant…

California has labored for years to build enough clean energy to wean itself off fossil fuels. Now the effort is paying off in an undeniable way. President Donald Trump’s Department of Energy might tweet that solar plants are “essentially worthless when it is dark outside.” But in California, batteries are proving…

California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed three bills that aimed to boost the use of virtual power plants, undermining an opportunity to decrease the state’s fast-rising electricity costs and increase its grid reliability. On Friday, Newsom vetoed AB 44 , AB 740 , and SB 541 , which were passed by large majorities…

Even as the federal government attempts to prop up the waning coal industry, New England’s last coal-fired power plant has ceased operations three years ahead of its planned retirement date. The closure of the New Hampshire facility paves the way for its owner to press ahead with an initiative to transform the site…

The future of community solar is dimming, hampered by federal attacks on clean energy and shifts in state markets. Installations of the shared-solar approach took a nosedive in the first half of 2025, dropping by 36% from the same period last year, according to a new report by consultancy Wood Mackenzie. Working in…

Australia has put itself on a realistic path to achieving what climate activists around the world have long dreamed of: running its power grid entirely on renewable energy. The Australian Energy Market Operator oversees the nation’s power markets. Chief among them, the National Electricity Market serves about 90% of…

One of the largest ports in the Midwest is officially starting to decarbonize, thanks to a Biden-era grant program that has so far survived the Trump administration’s assault on all things clean energy. Late last month, the Port of Cleveland began renovating its main warehouse on the shore of Lake Erie. When the…

This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. This week, the Trump administration announced its most ambitious pro-coal plans yet — a multipronged effort to resuscitate the industry, despite the financial, health, and climate case against doing so. …

See more from Canary Media’s "Chart of the week” column . Globally, investors are pouring more money into renewable energy than ever — even as they pull back on spending in the U.S. Over the first six months of this year, a total of $386 billion flowed to projects ranging from small rooftop solar installations to…