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Low-emissions steelmaking could be big business for Minnesota’s Iron Range,...
The following story is the first in a series produced in collaboration with KAXE/KBXE, an independent, nonprofit community radio station that tells the stories of northern Minnesota. World leaders in...
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Minnesota taconite mines explore new technology to reduce energy, water use
The following story is the second in a series produced in collaboration with KAXE/KBXE, an independent, nonprofit community radio station that tells the stories of northern Minnesota. Minnesota...
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How giving trucks an electric boost can help cut mining pollution in Minnesota
The following story is the third in a series produced in collaboration with KAXE/KBXE, an independent, nonprofit community radio station that tells the stories of northern Minnesota. A Minnesota...
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Community solar projects seen as key step toward energy justice in Illinois
An effort led by Chicago’s Blacks in Green has been recommended for $12.5 million in renewable energy credits to help develop three community solar projects to benefit underresourced communities. The...
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Green hydrogen could make Minnesota a leader in climate-friendly steel
The following story is the fourth in a series produced in collaboration with KAXE/KBXE, an independent, nonprofit community radio station that tells the stories of northern Minnesota. A Hoyt Lakes...
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IRA offers lucrative incentives for low-income community solar, but also...
Community solar is inherently a way to expand equity in solar access, as advocates describe it, since it makes clean energy and savings accessible to people who lack the capital or the space to...
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How a Koch-linked group stalled a bipartisan Ohio energy efficiency bill at...
A bipartisan energy efficiency bill was indefinitely delayed last fall amid a clash between a major conservative lobbying group and one of the state’s most prominent Republican lawmakers, according to...
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Virginia districts roll on with electric school buses despite lack of state...
A lack of state money isn’t curbing Virginia school districts’ enthusiasm for ridding their fleets of polluting, noisy diesel-powered buses. Through December, Virginia ranked fourth nationwide in the...
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Connecticut program aims to alleviate cost barriers to utility oversight...
Connecticut’s utilities commission is the latest to begin offering payments to help environmental justice and ratepayer groups participate in regulatory proceedings. The Stakeholder Group...
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Virginia legislation aims to unleash competition to speed progress on clean...
Newly empowered Virginia Democrats are pushing legislation this session that would elevate the role of customers and private developers in meeting the state’s clean energy targets. A chief aim of...
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Xcel Energy proposes time-of-use rates as the default option for Minnesota...
Xcel Energy customers in Minnesota will likely soon have good reason to hold off on running dishwashers or charging vehicles until bedtime. The state’s largest utility is asking regulators to approve...
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Commission claims court can’t review decisions on drilling under Ohio park...
An Ohio commission is arguing its decisions last fall to allow oil and gas drilling under a state park and two wildlife areas are final and cannot be appealed. Environmental groups challenging the...
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Grants would help less affluent New Hampshire towns invest in public solar...
New Hampshire’s energy department is preparing to road-test a grant program meant to help disadvantaged cities and towns access the environmental and financial benefits of solar power. The state...
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Maine environmental groups urge support for proposed offshore wind port ahead...
Some environmental advocates are striking a new tone as they urge skeptical neighbors to see the larger climate benefits of a proposed port that would help build future offshore wind farms in the Gulf...
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Federal agency, Energy Harbor seek to keep citizen groups out of Perry...
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel will hear arguments Tuesday about whether two citizen groups can challenge Energy Harbor’s application to extend the life of Ohio’s Perry nuclear plant through...
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Minneapolis solar nonprofit is proving patience can bring results to...
One installation at a time, a solar nonprofit that matches socially conscious investors’ cash with lower-income homeowners is spreading the benefits of solar in North Minneapolis. Solstar was formed...
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Advocates worry hydrogen hub will fuel environmental injustice in Northwest...
Indiana environmental and citizen groups say a lack of transparency for a planned regional hydrogen fuel hub is stoking fears that the project will primarily benefit polluting heavy industries –...
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Five years later, New Hampshire’s community power law is reshaping the...
Member towns in New Hampshire’s year-old Community Power Coalition are reaping the benefits of banding together to buy electricity on their own. As of Feb. 1, residential and small commercial...
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Facing demand increase, Duke Energy seeks to delay its 2030 climate target in...
Facing a massive projected increase in electricity demand, Duke Energy on Wednesday proposed what advocates called a “tripling down” of new gas plants and scuttling a 2030 deadline to significantly...
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Polls show most conservatives like clean energy. So why isn’t the North...
Clean energy is aligned with conservative values. So says North Carolina Rep. Kyle Hall, a Republican legislator in his fifth term from a small town near Winston-Salem. “It’s conservative to support...
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