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On U.S. East Coast, Has Offshore Wind’s Moment Finally Arrived?

After years of false starts, offshore wind is poised to take off. Commitments by states, support from the Biden administration and billions in new investment are all contributing.

By Jon Hurdle, Yale Environment 360

Work proceeds on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind farm, 27 miles off Virginia Beach. (Credit: Dominion Energy)
Center Street, near the University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley was the first city in the United States to pass an ordinance that banned natural gas hookups in new construction. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

A Furious Industry Backlash Greets Moves by California Cities to Ban Natural Gas in New Construction

By Dan Gearino

Each day more than 12 million pounds of garbage is dumped, spread, compacted and finally covered with a layer of dirt at the Klickitat County landfill owned by Republic Services. It sits on a plateau above the Columbia River in southern Washington. Credit: Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times

Turning Trash to Natural Gas: Utilities Fight for Their Future Amid Climate Change

Hal Bernton, Seattle Times

Philanthropist Warren Buffett is joined onstage by 24 other philanthropist and influential business people featured on the Forbes list of 100 Greatest Business Minds during the Forbes Media Centennial Celebration at Pier 60 on September 19, 2017 in New York City. Credit: Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Warren Buffett Explains the Need for a Massive Energy Makeover

By Dan Gearino

A coastal view of Tilos island, Greece. Credit: DeAgostini/Getty Images

The Greek Island Where Renewable Energy and Hybrid Cars Rule

By Kerin Hope

President Roosevelt delivers a speech at the dedication of the U.S. Rural Electrification Project. Credit: Getty Images

A Legacy of the New Deal, Electric Cooperatives Struggle to Democratize and Make a Green Transition

By James Bruggers

Employees of the Goldbecksolar company stand in a solar park. Credit: Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images

A Clean Energy Milestone: Renewables Pulled Ahead of Coal in 2020

By Dan Gearino

Workers install wind turbines at Yuxia wind farm on mountain on June 15, 2020 in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province of China. Credit: Chen Fuping/VCG via Getty Images

How the Race for Renewable Energy is Reshaping Global Politics

By Leslie Hook and Henry Sanderson

Workers repair a power line in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Credit: Thomas Ryan Allison/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Right and Wrong Lessons from the Texas Crisis

By Dan Gearino

The smokestack of the Wheelabrator Incinerator is seen near Interstate 95 in Baltimore, Maryland, March 09, 2019. Credit: Eva Claire Hambach/AFP via Getty Images

Baltimore Continues Incinerating Trash, Despite Opposition from its New Mayor and City Council

By Agya K. Aning

Karla Perez and Esperanza Gonzalez stay in their apartment during power outage caused by the winter storm on Feb. 16, 2021 in Houston, Texas. A winter storm has brought historic cold weather, power outages and traffic accidents to Texas. Credit: Go Nakamura/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Explaining the Crisis in Texas

By Dan Gearino

Xcel Energy is proposing to stop burning coal at the Sherburne County Generating Station in Becker, Minnesota, and build a natural gas power plant on the site. Credit: Tony Webster

How Does a Utility Turn a Net-Zero Vision into Reality? That’s What They’re Arguing About in Minnesota

By Dan Gearino

Norway is far ahead of the U.S. in its adoption of electric vehicles. The country plans to have 100 percent of new cars be EVs by 2025. Credit: Joel Santos / Barcroft Media via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: How Norway Shot to No. 1 in EVs

By Dan Gearino

Heavy equipment moves coal into piles at PacifiCorp's Hunter coal fired power pant outside of Castle Dale, Utah on Nov. 14, 2019. credit: George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Real Talk From a Utility CEO About Coal Power

By Dan Gearino

General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra speaks on March 22, 2019 in Lake Orion, Michigan. The company announced on Thursday it aims to stop selling gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2035. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

In a Major Move Away From Fossil Fuels, General Motors Aims to Stop Selling Gasoline Cars and SUVs by 2035

By Dan Gearino

An employee walks in front of two smoke stacks at the Comanche Power Station on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Credit: AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: What Lauren Boebert Gets Wrong About Pueblo and Paris

By Dan Gearino

The Massachusetts State House the seat of Government in Boston. United States. Credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 3 States to Watch in 2021

By Dan Gearino

The Des Moines City Council unanimously voted this week in favor of a resolution that sets a goal of reaching 24/7 carbon-free electricity by 2035. Credit: Steve Pope/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Des Moines Just Set a New Bar for City Clean Energy Goals

By Dan Gearino

Re-Powering intern and an estate resident with the solar photo voltaic panels on the roof of Hackney council estate Bannister House, the first community solar installation on an estate in Hackney, London, United Kingdom. Credit: Andrew Aitchison/In pictures via Getty Images

As Big Energy Gains, Can Europe’s Community Renewables Compete?

By Paul Hockenos

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