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Kansas adopted no new clean energy policies or incentives in 2024
Kansas implemented no 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 has adopted at...

Rhode Island steps up clean energy support with 3 new policies or incentives in 2024
Rhode Island 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...

North Carolina steps up clean energy support with 6 new policies or incentives in 2024
North Carolina 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...

Florida steps up clean energy support with 5 new policies or incentives in 2024
Florida implemented at least five 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...

Colorado steps up clean energy support with 5 new policies or incentives in 2024
Colorado implemented at least five 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...

Delaware steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
Delaware 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...

New business in Idaho Falls sells fireworks year-round
Customers stock up on fireworks at Neon Boom Fireworks, 5475 Beach Drive in Idaho Falls. Take a look inside in the video above. | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com IDAHO FALLS – As locals stock up on fireworks this Fourth of July, one business owner...

North Dakota steps up clean energy support with 2 new policies or incentives in 2024
North Dakota 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...

Utah adopted 1 new clean energy policy or incentive in 2024
Utah 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...

New Jersey steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
New Jersey 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...

Mississippi steps up clean energy support with 3 new policies or incentives in 2024
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...

New Mexico steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
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...

South Dakota steps up clean energy support with 1 new policy or incentive in 2024
South Dakota 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...

Kentucky steps up clean energy support with 7 new policies or incentives in 2024
Kentucky implemented at least seven 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...

Illinois steps up clean energy support with 3 new policies or incentives in 2024
Illinois 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’s construction industry going through agricultural waste-to-construction revolution
As CEO of Earthcraft Construction, Jon Clark represents a growing movement of Idaho builders who are transforming agricultural waste into sustainable, high-performance homes and commercial structures. “We build the most sustainable projects in...

China 'is preparing to launch industrial-scale forced organ harvesting', as Beijing reveals plans to triple number of transplant facilities in province home to Uyghur Muslims
China is preparing to dramatically scale up forced organ donations from Uyghur Muslims and other persecuted minorities, rights groups have claimed. A statement published in December 2024 by China's National Health Commission announced plans to...

Cow CAFÉ to serve up data on dairy industry, helping economy and education
A café for cows under construction near the tiny town of Rupert, Idaho, will soon serve as the largest research dairy farm in the nation. The University of Idaho-led facility, known as the Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, or...

Ex-Phoenix classmate of Idaho shooting suspect recalls disturbing behavior
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Two Idaho firefighters were killed, and a third remains in the hospital after they were ambushed Sunday. Authorities said the suspect set the wildfire to lure those first responders to the area. The two battalion chiefs killed...

Idaho political figures make comment on the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
BOISE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — On Thursday, the House approved Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ and sent it to him to sign. Governor Brad Little commented on the bill by saying it has ‘big wins’ for Americans including the largest middle-class tax cut...