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California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.

After January wildfires destroyed more than 18,000 buildings in Los Angeles, a growing movement of residents who lost their homes want to rebuild all-electric, recognizing that burning gas in household appliances contributes to the climate-driven increase in the destructiveness of wildfires. An attribution study found that climate change made the January fires 35 percent more likely.

LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances

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Chemical Threats Nearby? Trump’s EPA Doesn’t Want You to Know.

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Climate change is making the risk of disastrous chemical accidents more likely. But the EPA wants to gut recently enhanced safety requirements for hazardous facilities.

Raschelle Grandison had just walked out her front door to grab something from her car on a chilly March morning in 2019 when she stopped dead in her tracks.

Chemical Threats Nearby? Trump’s EPA Doesn’t Want You to Know.

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Room to Roam

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An interview with author Hillary Rosner.

The second installment in our special Earth Day series

Room to Roam

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Trump’s Tax Refunds Do Little to Stem the Affordability Crisis, Michigan Democrats Say

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The administration’s war in Iran and refusal to invest in renewable energy are driving up pump prices and utility bills for their constituents, the Democrats contend.

Ann Siegle used to spend anywhere from $150 to $280 monthly on her power bill. Since installing solar panels on the roof of her East Lansing, Michigan, home in 2023, she said her monthly bill has dropped to as low as $6 per month.

Trump’s Tax Refunds Do Little to Stem the Affordability Crisis, Michigan Democrats Say

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