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This May 26 story details a recently approved 416-mile transmission line due to run from Utah through Colorado to Wyoming, opening capacity for renewable supply along its western way.

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.

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.)

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.

Cyclists fuel up in Carmel, an officially red town with few controversies about green initiatives — Here's another broadly popular source of energy in Carmel, Indiana. (Photo courtesy Andy Montgomery via Creative Commons.)

The quick take says that Republicans dismiss the climate threat and refuse to see the upside in renewable energy. The deeper take shows more complexity and more finance for clean energy in ostensibly red states. Our reporter spoke with one Republican mayor to learn how solar, wind and efficiency can...

Putting at least some grantmaking where its goals seem to lie, the Biden Administration has committed $19 million to universities for research into methods for extracting rare-earth minerals in places with a history of coal mining. Does this slide the puck toward a diverse economy in these communities?

In a Boxing Day op-ed, two specialists spell out the case for building Arizona's economic recovery through green jobs.

It shouldn't make you start, but it is a start: in a University of Wyoming poll, 70 percent of Wyoming residents say developers should produce more fossil-free energy in their state. Many also favor exporting this energy.

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.

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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A Very Big Connection

Collateral Damage? A Shadow Over Nuclear Prospects in Countering Russia

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

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

In States and Cities, Renewable Investment Grows and Grows Less Partisan

They'll Be Digging for...Minerals

In Arizona, Staking the Claim for Clean-Energy Jobs

Moving the Mountain: More Than Two-Thirds of Wyoming Poll Respondents Want More Renewables

Solar Industry Looks for a Way Forward in Arizona

Will the Green New Deal Work? Here's What the Research Says