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New Mexico steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
Enchantment State News - New Mexico
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July 4, 2025
New Mexico 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Maine set to launch state energy department
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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July 3, 2025
Maine is poised to get a new state department tasked with managing energy programs. The Department of Energy Resources, authorized by lawmakers this session, will replace the Governor's Energy Office. Establishing a new department with additional...
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...
Maine lawmakers react to passing of the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
WABI - Maine
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July 3, 2025
Maine (WABI) - In the wake of Congress passing the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ lawmakers across Maine have released statements: Governor Mills: “The President may call it the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ – but there’s nothing beautiful about it. There is...
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...
Maine's elected officials weigh in on passage of Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' in House
News Center Maine
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July 3, 2025
The bill now heads to President Donald Trump's desk. He is expected to sign it on Friday. AUGUSTA, Maine — On Thursday, House Republicans narrowly passed President Donald Trump's $4.5 trillion tax and cuts bill, sending it to Trump's desk for his...
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...
Donald Trump’s tariffs test a legacy Maine industry that global trade decimated
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 3, 2025
BUCKFIELD, Maine — Simon Varney pre-ordered extra hardwood from Canada in February when President Donald Trump threatened broad 25 percent import tariffs on goods from that country. The next month, the administration exempted that wood. That left...
Maine Pointe’s Chris Brumitt examines supply chain challenges in aerospace and defense
Consultancy.org
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July 3, 2025
As aerospace and defense manufacturers contend with ongoing supply chain disruptions and escalating costs, managing supplier risk and quality assurance is becoming increasingly vital. Chris Brumitt, managing director for aerospace and defense at...