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Midwest researchers tap into low-cost, long-duration energy storage

The test projects involve using cheap materials to store energy as heat and convert it to electricity when needed.

By Andy Balaskovitz . 29 October 2018
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Offshore wind training center could anchor Virginia's workforce efforts

By Elizabeth McGowan . 29 October 2018
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Study: Ohio and Pennsylvania would lose lots from clean air rollbacks

Areas of Ohio that benefited the most from the Clean Air Act’s cross-state and mercury rules were primarily white and backed Trump in 2016, researchers report.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 30 October 2018
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Policy shifts create turbulent smart grid job market in Midwest

The Midwest lost smart grid jobs between 2016 and 2017, a dip analysts attributed to part of an ebb and flow caused by state and local policy changes.

By Kevin Stark . 30 October 2018
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Commentary: RGGI carbon pricing generates array of economic benefits

The following is an excerpt from Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy by Hal Harvey with Robbie Orvis and Jeffrey Rissman.

By Guest Contributor . 31 October 2018
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Missouri utility wins over critics with scaled back energy efficiency plan

The state’s ratepayer advocate rejected an earlier plan for spending too much without delivering enough benefits.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 31 October 2018
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Clean energy and savings drive Columbus suburb’s ballot measure

Voters in a Columbus, Ohio, suburb will decide Tuesday whether to let city officials try to negotiate for cheaper and cleaner electricity on their behalf.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 1 November 2018
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Vermont college grapples with student pressure to divest from fossil fuels

The faculty of Middlebury College will vote on Friday on whether to support a student referendum calling for the Vermont school to divest investments in the fossil fuel industry from its more than $1.1 billion endowment.

By Bill Opalka . 1 November 2018
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School buses first priority in Michigan Volkswagen settlement plan

Michigan’s first priority in distributing settlement funds from the 2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal is to replace aging, polluting diesel school buses.

By Andy Balaskovitz . 1 November 2018
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Virginia county at a crossroads as U.S. Supreme Court hears uranium case

As the nuclear industry makes a play for a bigger role in a carbon-free economy, Virginia landowners challenge the state's decades-long ban on uranium mining at the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Mason Adams . 1 November 2018