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Anti-ESG Policy Is, Actually, One More Way To Fund Fossil Fuels

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The news this morning is filled with stories about how US Senate Republicans have passed a huge budget bill that will blow up the US deficit by providing massive tax cuts to billionaires and corporations. It will also cut policies that would have supported the US economy and created jobs … [continued]

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Luján Reintroduces Community Solar Bill To Counter GOP Attacks On Clean Energy

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As Congressional Republicans push legislation to gut key clean energy incentives, Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) has reintroduced a bill aimed squarely at expanding access to community solar for families and businesses who’ve been historically shut out of the clean energy transition. The bill, Community Solar Consumer Choice Act of … [continued]

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Ember Claims Battery Storage And Solar Can (Almost) Do It All

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June 21 is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Tomorrow, the days start getting shorter again. What better time for Ember, the clean energy advocacy folks, to release its latest battery report. Here’s the headline: “Batteries are now cheap enough to unleash solar’s full potential, getting … [continued]

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Silicon Valley VC Approach Not The Best For Cleantech Investment, JPMorgan Says

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The US, and Silicon Valley in particular, is obsessed with relatively short term, highly scalable, venture capital (VC) investing. That’s not what cleantech needs, as a JP Morgan Chase banker just pointed out this week. “In traditional VC, the model is to make 100 bets, 90 of which will completely … [continued]

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Why an Ohio ban on settlements to close ​‘base load’ power plants matters for clean energy

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Why an Ohio ban on settlements to close ​‘base load’ power plants matters for clean energy

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

This story was originally published by Canary Media.

A decade ago, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups, trade organizations, and companies found themselves in a regulatory standoff with American Electric Power over operating costs for six coal-fired power plants in Ohio.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.