- Heat pumps can offer significant winter heating savings for 82% of MA homes if outdated electric rates are reformed.
- Current MA electric rates hinder climate goals and discourage heat pump adoption; “2.0 rates” are urgently needed.
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Unlocking heat pump savings in Massachusetts: why rate design matters
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June 2025: Electric trucks, buses round-up
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- In June, Rivian doubled Amazon EV van deliveries to over 30,000, and Rizon electric box trucks expanded across Los Angeles fleets.
- Over 6,000 new zero-emission trucks were deployed in the first half of 2025, solidifying 2025 as the 3rd best year on record for zero-emission truck deployments.
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Stars, stripes, and fixin’ pipes: this Independence Day let’s celebrate Wyoming’s methane opportunity
By John Rutecki & Sean Hackett
- Wyoming has historically embraced responsible stewardship of the land and resources, and should now apply that principle to methane emissions from oil and gas.
- This will keep their energy exports competitive globally, encourage job growth in the methane mitigation industry and lead to cleaner air. Several operators in the state are already showing that lower-emissions production is possible and affordable.
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Asian economies want low-emission natural gas – here’s how Canada can deliver
- Japan’s government and Canada’s government are both backing an effort to build stronger emissions monitoring for the natural gas that Japan buys internationally.
- Canada’s leaders can seize this opportunity for international climate leadership by finalizing federal methane regulations for Canadian production.
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Ensuring New York’s All-Electric Buildings Act delivers on climate goals
By Casey Horan & Magdalen Sullivan
- The All-Electric Buildings Act can accelerate the energy transition and help decarbonize New York’s building sector, which is the largest source of climate pollution in the state.
- Potential exemptions, particularly the broad framework proposed by the New York Department of Public Service, threaten to undermine the Act’s effectiveness and the state’s climate progress, necessitating a more precise and data-driven standard for granting exemptions.
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Bipartisan support, market signals show path forward for zero-emission trucks in Texas
- The Texas Legislature closed their latest session demonstrating bipartisan support for several priority zero-emission truck policies.
- Though deadlines and politics in the compact legislative series prevented final passage of the measures, there is now a strong foundation for future policy opportunities to complement the growing zero-emission transportation market in Texas.
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