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Apr 2, 2024

Walmart invests in solar energy projects in Maryland

Pivot Energy announced big-box retailer Walmart is investing in 19 solar projects under development in Maryland.

Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, California. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
Mar 29, 2024

EPA sets strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses in bid to fight climate change

The Environmental Protection Agency set strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, buses and other large vehicles.

Liam Sawyer, of Indianapolis, charges his 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E at an electric vehicle charging station in London, Ohio, on March 8, 2024. The charging ports are a key part of President Joe Biden’s effort to encourage drivers to move away from gasoline-powered cars and trucks that contribute to global warming. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Mar 28, 2024

Federal EV charging stations are key to Biden’s climate agenda, yet only 4 states have them

Electric vehicle charging ports are a key part of Joe Biden’s effort to encourage drivers to move away from gas-powered cars, but only four states have them.

In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyoming. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
Mar 21, 2024

SEC climate rule prompts a rush to sue. Experts say companies likely will prepare to comply anyway.

The SEC's new rule requiring companies to disclose emissions and climate-related information was barely passed before it was being hauled to court.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks at the University of Maryland in College Park on May 11, 2023. The Biden administration this week is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards that relax proposed limits for three years but eventually reach the same strict standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
Mar 20, 2024

EPA issues new rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids

The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards.

Constellation will use proceeds from a $900 million, 30-year term green bond offering for investments such as maintenance, expansion and life extensions of its clean, reliable nuclear power generation that reduce or avoid carbon emissions or provide other environmental benefits. (Constellation Energy photo)
Mar 18, 2024

Constellation offers nation’s first corporate green bond for nuclear energy

Baltimore-based Constellation has issued the first corporate green bond in the U.S. that can be used to finance nuclear energy projects.

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Mar 14, 2024

PureSky Energy expands portfolio with new 2.47MW solar project in Potomac

PureSky Energy announced the acquisition of a 2.47 Megawatt (MW) solar project located in Potomac.

St. Frances Academy, a historic Catholic high school in midtown Baltimore, last year became the home of 100 Lyft electric vehicles, complete with 17 high-speed chargers. (Courtesy photo BGE)
Mar 14, 2024

Program expands electric vehicles in Baltimore with chargers, Lyft EVs

Lyft drivers and users in Baltimore are getting a big lift from a new and growing program.

A electric school bus driver examines his safety stop signs before driving to school inside the Montgomery County Schools bus lot in Rockville on Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Mar 12, 2024

Some Maryland school districts embracing idea of electric buses

School buses are nothing new in Maryland. What is new, however, is a rapid rise in the use of electric school buses – a rise that is expected to continue.

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Mar 11, 2024

Rockville’s Standard Solar acquires 18MW solar project portfolio in Vermont

Rockville-based Standard Solar announced the acquisition of an 18.5-megawatt (MW) solar project portfolio in Vermont.

Maryland's mandates to move away from fossil fuels to more climate-friendly alternatives means an increase in demand on the region's electric grid. The question is how much of an increase will it be. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
Mar 11, 2024

Electrification will strain Maryland’s grid. The question is by how much.

Maryland’s push to electrify buildings and vehicles to reduce emissions will increase the load on the electric grid. By how much is a matter of contention.

Maryland state Sen. Malcolm Augustine, a Democrat, talks on March 8, 2024, in Annapolis about a measure to create consumer protections for residential customers who decide to buy electricity directly from alternative energy suppliers, shortly before the state Senate passed the bill 33-14. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Mar 8, 2024

Maryland Senate OKs consumer protection bill for residential energy customers

A Maryland bill would create consumer protections for residential customers who opt to buy electricity from retail energy suppliers.