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

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...

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...

2024: West Virginia introduced no new policies supporting renewable energy and efficiency
West Virginia 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...

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...

Georgia steps up clean energy support with 5 new policies or incentives in 2024
Georgia 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...

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

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...

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

Louisiana steps up clean energy support with 4 new policies or incentives in 2024
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...

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...

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

CNMI Bar backs Judiciary's request for indigent defense funding
THE CNMI Bar Association on Monday expressed full support for the Judiciary’s request to fund indigent defense — a new account proposed in the judicial branch’s budget for fiscal year 2026. The Judiciary has submitted a $13.6 million budget...

FOCUS: Manga quake "prophecies" keeping H.K. travelers away from Japan
HONG KONG - Kyoto-based academic German Cheung adopted a "better safe than sorry" approach to the prospect of an earthquake in Japan in early July, despite having traveled to his hometown in Hong Kong just two months earlier. For his escape, the...