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Good morning! At most daycares, cleaning up is a struggle. But San Francisco is bucking that stereotype with a $300,000 program that helps child care centers operated out of residential homes swap polluting fossil fuel appliances for safer electric alternatives. Alison F. Takemura has the story.

We head to Ohio next, where the state’s disparate treatment of renewables and fossil fuels is on full display. Case in point: A fracking-waste project is moving forward despite a wave of pushback, Kathiann M. Kowalski reports. And we finish with a look at Maryland’s attempt to curb rising utility bills by defunding the state’s energy-efficiency program, from Aman Azar.

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San Francisco helps home child care centers wean off gas

by Alison F. Takemura

An Ohio court may OK fracking-waste wells despite pollution concerns

by Kathiann M. Kowalski

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Maryland bill trades cost-saving energy efficiency for short-term relief

by Aman Azar

TODAY'S TOP NEWS

WIND

French utility Engie is in talks with the Trump administration to secure a similar deal to TotalEnergies, in which the company would be paid to abandon its U.S. offshore wind leases. (Reuters)

DATA CENTERS

Data centers purchased more electrical equipment in the first three months of 2026 than they did all last year, according to GE Vernova. (E&E News)

SOLAR

Chinese solar exports hit a record 68 GW in March, double the previous month, as war in the Middle East sent fossil fuel prices soaring. (Ember)

BATTERIES

Tesla reports its battery deployments fell 15% in the first quarter compared to the year before, an unexpected drop that has analysts questioning the future of the company’s previously growing sector. (Bloomberg)

POLICY

Democrats on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee push back against a DOE proposal that would further cut funding for solar and wind while subsidizing coal plants and fossil fuels. (Inside Climate News)

AFFORDABILITY

State legislators explore ways to rein in multimillion-dollar utility CEO salaries as customers face rising bills. (E&E News)
Maryland is just one of a handful of states that have targeted energy-efficiency funds in an attempt to curb rising power bills — a strategy that advocates say will cost residents in the long term. (Latitude Media)

CARBON CAPTURE

Carbon removal firms may yet find success as it embeds in mining, agriculture, and other industrial applications — even as Microsoft and other tech companies retreat from their investments. (Latitude Media)

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