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![A man sits on a solar panel next to Indigenous teepees.]()
![A man sits on a solar panel next to Indigenous teepees.]()
For a just transition to green energy, tribes need more than money
Advice from an Indigenous researcher: "To go fast, start slow."
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![Atomic plant Vogtle is a 2-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia.]()
![Atomic plant Vogtle is a 2-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia.]()
Georgia’s Vogtle plant could herald the beginning — or end — of a new nuclear era
The $35 billion nuclear project is an investment in the future or a cautionary tale, depending whom you ask.
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![A power plant belches smoke at sunset.]()
![A power plant belches smoke at sunset.]()
The US aims to ‘crack the code’ on scaling up geothermal energy production
Per the Department of Energy, 10 percent of electricity could be generated by geothermal systems by 2050.
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![Solar panel on patch of flowers and grass with large circular shadow on the panels]()
![Solar panel on patch of flowers and grass with large circular shadow on the panels]()
What the eclipse reveals about the progress and shortfalls of US energy
When an eclipse blocks out the sun, we get a glimpse of how our grid uses fossil fuels to compensate — and a future where it won't have to.
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![US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a briefing on community climate action alongside Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, Eli Allen, Senior Program Director of Civic Works Baltimore, and Kristal Hansley, CEO and Founder of WeSolar, at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, July 14, 2023.]()
![US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a briefing on community climate action alongside Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, Eli Allen, Senior Program Director of Civic Works Baltimore, and Kristal Hansley, CEO and Founder of WeSolar, at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, July 14, 2023.]()
These ‘green banks’ are getting billions to decarbonize disadvantaged communities
The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country.
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![A worker on roof reaches out for a solar panel being handed to him by another worker.]()
![A worker on roof reaches out for a solar panel being handed to him by another worker.]()
How big-box stores and schools can help marginalized communities go solar
Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation's disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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![Crews on a ridgeline prepare to install a huge rotor on a wind turbine on Altamont Pass in the San Francisco Bay Area.]()
![Crews on a ridgeline prepare to install a huge rotor on a wind turbine on Altamont Pass in the San Francisco Bay Area.]()
US experienced staggering growth in solar and wind power over the last decade
Nearly a quarter of the nation's grid now runs on renewables, bringing the country closer to its climate goals.
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![A woman in a long-sleeved black shirt and a white hard hat stands in front of an industrial construction site.]()
![A woman in a long-sleeved black shirt and a white hard hat stands in front of an industrial construction site.]()
In Texas, ex-oil and gas workers champion geothermal energy as a replacement for fossil-fueled power plants
Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source.
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![Power lines along the Savannah River at dusk form a pattern of intersecting lines with the cables of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in the distance]()
![Power lines along the Savannah River at dusk form a pattern of intersecting lines with the cables of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in the distance]()
With energy demand surging, utilities fall back on their old standby: Fossil fuels
Federal incentives for clean energy are struggling to overcome old-school planning.
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![An aerial photo of an LNG terminal on the Gulf Coast]()
![An aerial photo of an LNG terminal on the Gulf Coast]()
Santander has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in LNG buildout in the Gulf
The funds for the liquified natural gas terminals went against the bank’s own policy on fossil fuel investments.
