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Electric-vehicle maker Rivian seems confident enough of keeping investors in that it committed $5 billion to develop a new factory in the Southeastern United States. This December 16 article gives context.

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.)

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...

In January 2019, the District of Columbia passed the most ambitious clean energy legislation in the nation. However, local climate activists say the hard work is just beginning — they want to know who will lead the DC and whether the law will benefit the least-privileged residents of the District.

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...

More than a dozen states are adopting “community solar” programs that are bringing solar power and lower energy bills to low-income households from New York to California.

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.

This report reviews existing and emerging low- and moderate-income (LMI) community solar programs, discusses key questions related to program design, outlines how states can leverage incentives and finance structures to lower the cost of LMI community solar, and examines marketing and outreach considerations.

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.

Vastly higher clean energy targets are essential to empower the international community to make the leap to a sustainable future, according to Richard Heinberg, coauthor of “Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy.” In this interview, he delves into the practical challenges involved in the...

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Where That EV Capital Goes for the Winter

Transmission Trouble Touches Texas- and Taints the Whole American Economy

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

DC Passed the Most Ambitious Clean Energy Law in the U.S. Now What?

Debbie Dooley on the Conservative Case for Clean Energy

Energy Equity: Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Communities

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

Design and Implementation of Community Solar Programs for Low- and Moderate-Income Customers

5 Things to Look for in the Green New Deal

What Will It Take to Catalyze the Energy Transition?