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Collateral Damage? A Shadow Over Nuclear Prospects in Countering Russia

May 06, 2022
Source: The New York Times
This May 2 story ponders how extract can again wreak undue harms on tribal nations if the United States government mines uranium from those nations in a bid to squeeze Russia.

Explainer: How Do Public Policies Reinforce Building Electrification Financing (Part Two)?

Tyler Clevenger
March 31, 2022
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Each building owner, with a team of investors, needs to work out a particular electrification schedule. Broad public policies, though, can advance new technologies or marketing strategies that can help more buildings go electric sooner. This sequel to our earlier explainer sets out some scalable policies from across the United...
Can Clean Peak Standards brighten the view in this part of Brooklyn?

Activists in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood have explored whether Clean Peak Standards can address air quality and energy inequity. (Photo by Victoria Belanger via Flickr Creative Commons.) 

Explainer: Can Clean Peak Standards Make Energy Economics Meet Energy Justice?

Elwin Lim
March 29, 2022
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One state has tried requiring power at peak demand periods to come from clean sources. This mandate can improve air quality in low-income communities. Critics question its effect on emissions, though, and its optimal design as clean-energy storage for utilities evolves.
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Transmission Trouble Touches Texas- and Taints the Whole American Economy

October 29, 2021
Source: E & E News
This October 28 feature holds a wind project bound for Texas up to the light - and sees too much torpor in the progress of the United States' grid updating. (Do you see a theme here?)
Can these Louisiana workers find prosperity making offshore wind equipment?

Workers, investors and policymakers peer into the Gulf Coast's future. (Courtesy the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.)

Big, But Not Easy: Can Offshore Wind Spark Economic Transformation in the Gulf Coast?

Tyler Clevenger
May 06, 2021
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Some have tried and none have managed to sync America’s clean energy ambitions with its fossil-based heritage through federal policy. The current administration is trying in many industries, including offshore wind manufacturing. That warrants a look at the Gulf Coast. Known as a longtime oil and gas cluster, the Gulf...
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Commentary

In Arizona, Staking the Claim for Clean-Energy Jobs

December 28, 2020
Source: AZ Central
In a Boxing Day op-ed, two specialists spell out the case for building Arizona's economic recovery through green jobs.
Brandon Cheshire

Brandon Cheshire. Photo courtesy of Champion PR.

Solar Industry Looks for a Way Forward in Arizona

Chris Lewis
July 17, 2019
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Brandon Cheshire is board president of the Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association and founder of SunHarvest Solar, as well as a licensed electrician. In this interview, Cheshire lays out a solar industry perspective on how to advance clean energy in the state.
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Debbie Dooley on the Conservative Case for Clean Energy

Chris Lewis
May 15, 2019
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Georgia’s Debbie Dooley is a founding member of the Tea Party movement, as well as an advocate for renewable energy and president of Conservatives for Energy Freedom. In an interview with CEFF, Dooley discussed where alternative energy can fit into a conservative political philosophy, how to build bipartisan support for...
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Will the Green New Deal Work? Here's What the Research Says

February 13, 2019
Source: Pacific Standard
The Green New Deal that some Democrats are now championing is unlike anything this country has ever done before. But scientists have been studying policies like these for decades. And their research can tell us a bit about what might happen if we pass this sweeping new vision for climate action and economic equality.
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Commentary

5 Things to Look for in the Green New Deal

February 13, 2019
Source: World Resources Institute
The Green New Deal means different things to different people. In some ways, that’s part of its appeal. On the other hand, a Green New Deal can’t mean anything anyone wants it to, or it will come to mean nothing at all.

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