A new Washington law will require all new "major" publicly owned or leased buildings to be designed with all-electric energy systems in mind.

The Massachusetts Commission on Clean Heat will spend the next month identifying policies and initiatives that can help achieve building sector emissions sublimits.

More than 90 companies, governments, universities and other organizations pledged to cut their GHG emissions 50% by 2030 in DOE's Better Climate Challenge.

The California Energy Commission adopted a goal of installing six million electric heat-pump HVAC units and water heaters in homes by 2030.

Maryland lawmakers are confident they will adopt more ambitious climate goals in 2022, after differences among Democrats stalled action last year.

Connecticut officials are accepting comments on the scope of the state’s Comprehensive Energy Strategy update through March 3.

Gov. Jay Inslee urged constituents to press Washington legislators to drum up extra votes for two bills addressing building decarbonization.

Regulated electric utilities are an obstacle to the growth of home and community solar and will hinder decarbonization, said solar developer Distributed Sun.

N.J. legislators advanced bills to create an Office of Clean Energy Equity and to fund energy efficiency projects for state and local government buildings.

Massachusetts legislators say that allowing fossil fuel heating in new buildings under a proposed net-zero building code does not make sense.