electric vehicle charging
Chicago apartment renters push for better access to electric vehicle charging
A new city ordinance requires larger multifamily buildings to offer at least two charging-ready spaces for electric vehicles.
Midwest
electric vehicles
Selling electricity doesn’t make EV charging stations a utility, Iowa rules
A recent decision by Iowa utility regulators has removed a significant obstacle to the widespread development of public charging stations for electric vehicles.
Iowa
As world chases rare metal for batteries, Iowa looks to sodium for storage solution
Iowa’s economic development agency is funding research into new forms of battery storage to help unlock wind potential.
efficiency
Ohio slips in efficiency ranking as lawmakers gut state standards
Ohio’s ranking on ACEEE’s State Energy Efficiency Scorecard has more or less tracked changes in state policy.
efficiency
Chicago nonprofits train South Side youth as energy efficiency ‘ambassadors’
Organizers are looking to expand the program’s impact next year, particularly on the city’s South and West sides.
Ohio
Ohio firefighters kept in the dark on drilling and fracking chemicals
Companies injected trade secret chemicals into more than 1,400 wells in the state from 2013 to 2018, a report says.