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Minnesota bets on electric school buses to improve health and cut emissions

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's pilot project has awarded bus vendors and school districts $2.1 million of Volkswagen settlement money to buy eight electric buses.

By Yasmine Askari . 15 November 2021
Climate crisis

Don't buy into the gloomy COP26 rhetoric

Momentum on climate action is picking up, and lots of efforts are heading in the right direction.

By David Roberts . 15 November 2021
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After pipeline fights, tribes get chance to tell different story with electric vehicles

The U.S. Department of Energy this month awarded groups on the Standing Rock and Red Lake Indian reservations money for an inter-tribal electric vehicle charging network connecting communities in the Upper Midwest.

By Frank Jossi . 15 November 2021
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Study: Connecticut could conserve land by installing solar above parking lots

A study published in the current issue of Solar Energy shows that Connecticut could generate more than a third of the state’s annual electricity consumption with solar canopies built over large, existing parking lots.

By Lisa Prevost . 15 November 2021
Climatetech finance

Jigar Shah has a new strategy to boost climatetech through DOE loans

The serial entrepreneur, who now leads the loan program at the Department of Energy, has $46B to invest in long-shot decarbonization bets.

By Jeff St. John . 15 November 2021
Climate crisis

Turn on, tune in, COP out

The big climate summit is over. Now out with the talkers, in with the doers. Plus: Catch the first episodes of our new podcasts.

By Julian Spector . 15 November 2021
Clean energy

Google and others have committed to 24/7 carbon-free energy. What does that mean?

Here's your introduction to the hot new trend in clean-energy pledges.

By David Roberts . 12 November 2021
Clean energy

Chart: The vast majority of Americans love solar and wind power

Enthusiasm for renewables cuts across the country's cultural chasms.

By Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano . 12 November 2021
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Michigan group lays out vision for 100% clean energy in Highland Park

With more favorable energy policies, the city could produce as much power as it consumes with clean energy.

By Rukiya Colvin . 12 November 2021
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Black Appalachian Coalition aims to shift narrative on energy, other issues

The group is working to counter the longstanding erasure and exclusion of Black voices from policy discussions in the region.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 12 November 2021