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Montana steps up clean energy support with 3 new policies or incentives in 2024
Big Sky Times - Montana
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July 4, 2025
Montana implemented at least three new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the...
Arizona steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
Grand Canyon Times - Arizona
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July 4, 2025
Arizona implemented at least one new clean energy policy or incentive supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state has...
2024: Alabama introduced 2 new policies supporting renewable energy and efficiency
Yellowhammer Times - Alabama
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July 4, 2025
Alabama implemented at least two new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state...
Nevada steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
Silver State Times - Nevada
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July 4, 2025
Nevada implemented at least one new clean energy policy or incentive supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state has...
Michigan steps up clean energy support with 6 new policies or incentives in 2024
Great Lakes Wire - Michigan
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July 4, 2025
Michigan implemented at least six new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state...
Connecticut steps up clean energy support with 2 new policies or incentives in 2024
Constitution State News - Connecticut
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July 4, 2025
Connecticut implemented at least two new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the...
Mississippi steps up clean energy support with 3 new policies or incentives in 2024
Magnolia State News - Mississippi
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July 4, 2025
Mississippi implemented at least three new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the...
Louisiana steps up clean energy support with 4 new policies or incentives in 2024
Pelican State News - Louisiana
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July 4, 2025
Louisiana implemented at least four new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the...
Idaho steps up clean energy support with 2 new policies or incentives in 2024
Gem State Wire - Idaho
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July 4, 2025
Idaho implemented at least two new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state...
Maryland steps up clean energy support with 3 new policies or incentives in 2024
Maryland State Wire
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July 4, 2025
Maryland implemented at least three new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the...
Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ is bad news for Maine clean energy
The Maine Monitor
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July 4, 2025
Editor’s Note: The following first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free environmental newsletter, Climate Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every Friday morning. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine environmental news. On...
Fourth of July: Check out these celebrations across Maine
News Center Maine
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July 4, 2025
Towns across the state will celebrate Independence Day with parades, concerts, craft fairs, road races, fireworks, and more. MAINE, USA — Mainers, check out this list of Fourth of July celebrations across the state for 2025, including festivals...
‘Worst year we’ve had’: Maine tourism industry worried about U.S.-Canada political tension
Global News
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July 4, 2025
This is Part 2 of a series looking at the impact of U.S.-Canada political tensions in Maine. Part 1 took a look at how the tourism industry is coping and why some Canadian tourists are still making the trip across the border. On a hot, sunny...
New zoning changes should reduce housing development challenges, Maine advocates say
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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July 3, 2025
State lawmakers have approved a sweeping set of zoning changes that advocates say should remove common barriers to building more housing in Maine. The new measure reduces lot sizes in certain areas, known as designated growth areas, that are...
US House passes sweeping bill, leaving solar industry reeling
pv-magazine
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July 4, 2025
Despite vocal bipartisan support for clean energy tax credits, US House and Senate Republicans failed to adjust policies that would continue the rapid buildout of domestic clean energy. July 4, 2025 Anne Fischer From pv magazine USA The One Big...
Maine took a step backward on student restraint and seclusion
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 30, 2025
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Ross Greene is the founder of the Freeport-based nonprofit Lives in...
Northeast Firms to Pay $1.37M to Settle Claims of Shoddy Runway Construction
Insurance Journal
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July 3, 2025
Contractors from Maine, Connecticut and New York will pay $1.37 million to resolve allegations concerning false claims for payment related to the rehabilitation of a Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport runway in Westfield, Massachusetts. As part of...
Maine Oyster Festival gives locals a taste of fresh shellfish—and a deeper look at industry
News Center Maine
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June 29, 2025
Visitors at Freeport's annual Oyster Festival got to meet the farmers behind the shellfish, deepening appreciation for Maine's rapidly growing aquaculture industry. FREEPORT, Maine — At this weekend’s Maine Oyster Festival, visitors weren’t just...
Maine entrepreneur from Iran reflects on US airstrikes
WMTW 8 - Maine
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June 30, 2025
Maine entrepreneur from Iran reflects on US airstrikes Shahin Khojastehzad’s parents fled after the Iranian revolution as the current regime rose to power And Shaheen is joining us in studio this morning, so I appreciate you taking the time to...
I Ended up in Maine to Consult With a Physician Who Has Patients with High PFAS Blood Levels
The Connecticut Examiner
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July 3, 2025
To the Editor: The Department of Public Health and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection have had an abysmal record of responding to my concerns, Re “Farmer Fights State Officials Over Unregulated PFAS From Nearby Waste...