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Emissions reduction

Clean electricity is driving down US emissions

A preliminary analysis shows the buildout of renewable energy helped to curb America’s greenhouse gas emissions by 1.9% in 2023.

By Maria Gallucci . 10 January 2024
Clean energy

Inside the right-wing conspiracy to thwart the clean energy transition

Climate-science deniers, far-right think tanks and fossil fuel interests are spreading misinformation online and stoking local opposition to wind and solar projects.

By Rebecca Burns . 15 March 2024
Clean energy

Chart: The biggest clean energy projects built in the US last year

We’re living in the era of the clean energy megaproject. Here are the 25 biggest solar, wind, and battery-storage installations completed in the U.S. in 2024.

By Dan McCarthy . 24 January 2025
ENN

Federal regulators’ decision clears way for grid upgrades

A decision today by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will help ease the development of new wind power projects and transmission lines in the Midwest.

By Ken Paulman . 16 December 2010
ENN

President signs tax bill, renewable energy incentives

Despite a threat by some House lawmakers to pare back energy provisions in the tax bill, incentives for renewable energy and ethanol remain intact and will be signed by President Obama today.

By Ken Paulman . 17 December 2010
ENN

Down, but not out

The Midwest is losing population and political clout to the South and Southwest. Could the energy industry turn things around?

By Ken Paulman . 4 January 2011
ENN

Doomsday never came

A doomsday cult's Illinois settlement has evolved into a fairly run-of-the-mill small town that is a model for energy self-sufficiency.

By Ken Paulman . 7 January 2011
ENN

Illinois vs. Wisconsin: Who's 'open for business'?

Wind promoters in Illinois are hoping to turn the tables on Gov. Scott Walker's call for businesses to "Escape to Wisconsin."

By Ken Paulman . 24 January 2011
ENN

Minnesota artists turn renewable energy into art

A group of artists in Minneapolis is using the inspiration of sunbeams to explore renewable energy, sound, engineering, human interaction, and possibilities this weekend through September 8th at the Bakken Museum's Green Energy Art Garden.

By Molly Priesmeyer . 15 July 2011
ENN

Mapping renewable energy in Wisconsin

RENEW Wisconsin has unveiled an interactive map showing every renewable power installation in the state.

By Ken Paulman . 21 July 2011