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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

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) speaks alongside a bipartisan group of Democrat and Republican members of Congress as they announce a proposal for a Covid-19 relief bill on Capitol Hill on Dec. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

The Senate’s New Point Man on Climate Has Been the Democrats’ Most Fossil Fuel-Friendly Senator

By James Bruggers

PacifiCorp's Hunter coal fired power pant releases steam as it burns coal outside of Castle Dale, Utah on Nov. 14, 2019. Credit: George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Era of Fossil Fuel Power Plants Is Rapidly Receding. Here Is Their Life Expectancy

By Dan Gearino

Democrat Lt. Col. Amy McGrath (left) is running against Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to represent Kentucky in the Senate. Credit: Jason Davis/Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images

Senate 2020: Mitch McConnell Now Admits Human-Caused Global Warming Exists. But He Doesn’t Have a Climate Plan

By James Bruggers

A Call for Massive Reinvestment Aims to Reverse Coal Country’s Rapid Decline

By James Bruggers

The Coal Creek electric power plant in North Dakota will soon close. Credit: Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: With Planned Closing of N.D. Coal Plant, Energy Transition Comes to Rural America

By Dan Gearino

The 750-megawatt Conesville coal-fired power plant in eastern Ohio closed two weeks ago, one of many signals of the decline of coal power. Credit: Michael Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

When Will Renewables Pass Coal? Sooner Than Anyone Thought

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: 7 Questions (and Answers) About How Covid-19 is Affecting the Clean Energy Transition

By Dan Gearino

New York Mayor Bill De Blasio hands out reusable bags on Feb. 28, 2020, ahead of a plastic bag ban, The ban was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic

Polluting Industries Cash-In on COVID, Harming Climate in the Process

By Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, James Bruggers, Kristoffer Tigue

General Motors reveals its modular platform and battery system, Ultium, on March 4, 2020 at the Design Dome on the GM Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan. Credit: Steve Fecht for General Motors

Inside Clean Energy: General Motors Wants to Go Big on EVs

By Dan Gearino

Coal-Fired Power Plants Hit a Milestone in Reduced Operation

By Dan Gearino

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the U.S. Capitol. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

McConnell’s Record on Coal Has Become a Hot Topic in His Senate Campaign

By James Bruggers

Renewable energy is already the cheaper option in many places. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Clean Energy Soared in the U.S. in 2017 Due to Economics, Policy and Technology

By Erica Gies

It Took This Coal Miner 14 Years to Secure Black Lung Benefits. How Come?

By David Hasemyer

Wind power is abundant in Wyoming, including the Foote Creek Rim Wind Project

Wyoming Bill Would Outlaw Clean Energy by Preventing Utilities From Using It

By Zahra Hirji

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy

EPA: We're Throwing a Lifeline to Coal

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Sign advertising a 'Stop the War On Coal' rally in Franklin, Pa.

Obama's War on Coal: True or False?

By Jason Plautz

A coal belt in Seward, Alaska

U.S. Again Becoming Top Coal Exporter

By Bruce Nichols and Jackie Cowhig, Reuters

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