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In the race for clean energy, is offshore wind harming the nation’s fisheries?

As offshore wind expands in the Atlantic and arrives in the Pacific, the fishing industry fears clean energy will upend livelihoods and disturb marine life.

By Katherine Kornei . 25 April 2023
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The higher education divestment movement has arrived in Virginia

Students at the University of Richmond are trying to persuade administrators to become the first college in the state and among the first in the region to divest its endowment from fossil fuels.

By Elizabeth McGowan . 25 April 2023
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Minnesota legislation aims to boost speed and scale of green financing

A proposal to establish a “green bank” to fill financing gaps for climate and clean energy projects in the state has been rolled into omnibus bills in the state House and Senate.

By Frank Jossi . 24 April 2023
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Commentary: Why the state budget this year is key to Michigan’s transportation future

The next year or so might be the most crucial time in the shift to electric vehicles, write guest commentators Laura Sherman and Samarth Medakkar.

By Laura Sherman . 21 April 2023
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Solar and wind companies are coming to rural Texas. These residents are trying to keep them out.

Texas locals are concerned about environmental harm from renewable energy facilities and support a bill that would impose more regulations. The industry says it’s being unfairly singled out.

By Emily Foxhall . 20 April 2023
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Commentary: States can transform the grid to put people and small businesses first. This is how

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink the grid, writes guest commentator Jeff Cramer.

By Jeff Cramer . 20 April 2023
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Bill limiting oil drilling without landowners’ consent faces headwinds at Colorado legislature

A 72-year-old law lets drilling companies take property owners' mineral rights without their consent, and the industry has stymied lawmakers' attempts to reform it.

By Jennifer Oldham . 19 April 2023
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Commentary: Charging into North Carolina’s electric future

Charging anxiety will soon be a thing of the past for North Carolinians, writes guest commentator Stuart Gardner.

By Stuart Gardner . 18 April 2023
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Can North Carolina code officials win builders over on energy conservation?

Efficiency advocates hope concessions and clarifications on what builders say are the biggest-ticket items in the proposed code will produce compromise.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 17 April 2023
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Chicago’s Blacks in Green gets a major boost from a $10 million EPA grant

The organization was one of 17 entities selected to help environmental justice communities tap into federal climate funds.

By Audrey Henderson . 16 April 2023