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184 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
Dominion Energy asks the SCC to recoup Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative costs from customers, adding up to $13 to bills monthly after Virginia's return to the program.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
Trump backs the proposed Constitution natural gas pipeline; New York rejected its water quality permit application in 2016 and courts upheld that decision.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
Candidates spar over fossil fuels in Texas' 9th Congressional District, where Democratic candidate Leticia Gutierrez lived six miles from a Petrobras refinery in Pasadena that accrued fines.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
Grist reports that the Bridger pipeline would carry tar sands oil in eastern Montana, promising landowners money while tribal leaders are worried about a spill.
Source: Grist (grist.org)
Pennsylvania SB 1048, providing for issuance of permits in environmental justice areas, was referred to Environmental Resources & Energy on 2025-10-15.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
Vice President Vance proposed restarting peace talks in a letter to an Iranian official, suggesting an immediate resumption of comprehensive talks, including about Iran's nuclear program.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
Vance sent a letter to Iran's national security chief Mohsen Rezaei stressing that negotiations to head off U.S. military strikes require discussions on the nuclear issue, a U.S. official said.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
The Grand Canyon Trust reports three of four Grand Canyon region wells with arsenic levels above the Environmental Protection Agency's safe drinking water standard are at a uranium mine.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
American taxpayers' bill for the Iran war grows to an estimated $47.1 billion, and the president has said new strikes on Iran are an option after the midterms.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Mediators led by Qatar are trying to restart U.S.-Iran negotiations and prevent a resumption of war after the midterm elections, with U.S. sanctions relief in return for visits by UN inspectors.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
MD SB 26, Public Utilities - Off-Grid Electricity Providers - Exemption, latest action 2026-02-09: hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MD HB 695 would establish the Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits (GREEN) Loan Program and Fund, with a hearing 2/17 in Environment and Transportation.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
IL SB 3717 on low-income utility rates was re-referred to Assignments on 2026-05-22.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WA SB 6270, establishing a passenger rail advisory committee, had a first reading and was referred to Transportation on 2026-01-21.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WA HB 2367, eliminating preferential treatment related to a coal-fired electric generating plant, has an effective date of 3/11/2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WA SB 6076 streamlines consumer-owned utility procurement requirements for clean energy generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects; effective 6/11/2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Los Angeles Times reports on California governor candidates' views on gas prices, EVs and high-speed rail.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
Inside Climate News reports midterm candidates talk mostly about high energy costs, not climate change, while advocates of climate action call the Nov. 3 elections a crucial moment for the movement.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
IL HB 1897, an EPA-renewable fuels program, was re-referred to the Rules Committee on House Committee Amendment No. 1, Rule 19(c), on 2025-03-21.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
IL HB 2516 PFAS product ban: latest action on 2025-08-15 was Public Act 104-0231.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)