The Trump administration is facing two new legal challenges just days after the Department of Education took a key step toward implementing sweeping new student loan forgiveness restrictions. On Friday, the Department of Education published final proposed regulations that would change the...
The Department of Education unveiled final regulations on Thursday that, once implemented, may impose significant restrictions on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The regulations are expected to be published in the federal registrar on Friday. The regulations represent the...
In September, Energy Trust joined the Albina Vision Trust Block Party to celebrate the grand opening of Albina One—a new multifamily housing community in the heart of Portland’s historically Black Albina neighborhood. This milestone marks a significant step toward restoring a vibrant community...
Why It Matters When Adding a Solar Battery in Emu Plains
Many homes across Emu Plains and Western Sydney are adding solar batteries to reduce energy bills, stay powered during blackouts, and use more of the solar they generate. But before installing a battery, there’s one important question...
A lot of borrowers are stressed about whether PSLF Buyback will still exist by the time they qualify. It makes sense — when you’ve spent years working toward forgiveness, the thought of losing credit for past payments can feel like a punch in the gut. The PSLF Buyback program was created to help...
By Jon Goldstein
Massive gas leak at Aliso Canyon storage site put a national spotlight on the dangers of methane pollution.
10 years after the largest methane gas leak in U.S. history, national policies designed to limit methane pollution from certain oil and gas facilities are under...
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By Mark Lunt and Mina Berkow
The first study of its kind in Japan discovered Osaka’s urban emissions several times higher than official inventories report.
Up to 75% of Osaka’s street-level methane emissions came from man-made sources such as natural gas used in...
By Dakoury Godo-Solo
Electric vehicles don’t just cut pollution — they can also cut electricity bills. New research shows that EVs generate more utility revenue than they cost to serve, helping lower rates for all customers — even those who don’t drive one.
As managed charging and...
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By Curt Stokes, Director and Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund
A 20% hydrogen blend by volume wastes 70% of its energy before it reaches households, demands 1.8 times more clean electricity than New Jersey needs to decarbonize its entire economy, and cuts building...
By Marissa Nixon
GM supports emergency response with electric vans: General Motors donated their Chevy BrightDrop electric vans to the American Red Cross to enhance emergency response operations nationwide and advance the organization’s Community Adaptation Program.
Electric vehicle...
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By Erica Morehouse
The International Maritime Organization will have its chance to show leadership by adopting the Net Zero Framework, a set of global measures that include a fuel standard that accounts for the full lifecycle emissions of marine fuels and a legally binding...
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By Dakoury Godo-Solo, Environmental Defense Fund and Lidiya Kassahun and Margarita Parra, Clean Energy Works
Rural electric co-ops face both challenges and opportunities as electric trucks and buses drive new demand. Proactive planning is essential to avoid costly grid...
Why Cheap Batteries Are a Risk for Penrith & Emu Plains Homes
Adding a battery to your solar system is one of the smartest energy upgrades you can make. It allows you to store excess solar power during the day and use it when the sun goes down, reducing your reliance on the grid and cutting...
By Michael Zimmerman
With electricity demand increasing for the first time in a generation, the New York Public Service Commission issued an order that takes technical and procedural steps to facilitate long term planning for customer needs.
The order establishes forward-thinking practices...
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By Morgan Rote, Pete Budden and Joe Williams
The first international hydrogen standard is poised to shape national hydrogen policies, but in its current form it overlooks critical science on electricity sourcing, methane leakage and hydrogen’s own warming impacts — risking the...
By Nichole Saunders
For blue hydrogen to be truly better for the climate than the fossil fuels it is intending to replace, three conditions must be met: high carbon capture rates and permanent storage; low upstream methane emissions and low hydrogen losses.
A vacuum in federal leadership...
If you have federal student loans and feel the pressure of debt weighing on you, you might be looking into student loan forgiveness. You might qualify to get your federal student loan debt forgiven through Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and income-driven repayment (IDR) plans. Read on to...
House GOP members have floated the idea that they could raise billions of dollars in revenue by changing the tax status of non-profit hospitals to for-profits. But for millions of healthcare workers with student loans, the real cost could be far greater — losing access to Public Service Loan...
If you made more payments than required by the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, there’s good news — you can probably get your money back. In this guide, learn how you can get a PSLF overpayment refund. To ensure you're minimizing your PSLF payments, you can also get a...
It takes a special person to devote their career to serving others, especially considering most nonprofit and government jobs offer a fraction of the salary you might find in the private sector. Fortunately, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program can provide debt relief for federal...
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