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Bats outside Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Credit: Claudio Beduschi/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Desert Bats Face the Growing, Twin Threats of White-Nose Syndrome and Wind Turbines

By Emma Peterson

Workers install solar panels at the Double Black Diamond solar farm near Springfield, a 593-megawatt project that will produce clean energy for the city of Chicago. Credit: Rich Saal/Provided.

Illinois’ Signature Climate Law Has Been Slow to Fulfill Promises for Clean Energy and Jobs

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times, and Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News

Wind electric power generation turbines generate electricity outside Medicine Bow, Wyoming in August 2022. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/ AFP via Getty Images.

Wyoming Could Gain the Most from Federal Climate Funding, But Obstacles Are Many

By Marianne Lavelle

The Salton Sea.

As Companies Eye Massive Lithium Deposits in California’s Salton Sea, Locals Anticipate a Mixed Bag

By June Kim

Virginia state Senator Chap Petersen at work in the statehouse. Credit: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images.

Q&A: Dominion Energy, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Virginia’s Push Toward Renewables

By Jake Bolster

The sun sets behind power transmission lines, part of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's power grid. Credit: Nick Wagner/Xinhua via Getty Images.

As Texas Cranks Up the AC, Congested Transmission Lines Cause Renewable Power to Go to Waste

By Keaton Peters

Wind turbines spin above corn fields near Carroll, Iowa on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Credit: Bill Clark/Getty Images

These Small- and Medium-Sized States Punch Above Their Weight in Renewable Energy Generation

By Dan Gearino

EPA Administrator Michael Regan. Credit: Joshua Roberts/Getty Images

EPA Announces $27 Billion Effort to Curb Emissions and Stem Environmental Injustices. Advocates Say It’s a Good Start

By Aman Azhar

Newly installed solar panels at the Local 103 headquarters in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Credit: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Renewables Projected to Soon Be One-Fourth of US Electricity Generation. Really Soon

By Dan Gearino

Mark Schein stands at the edge of a field last week, a few miles from his farm in Pickaway County, Ohio. Credit: Dan Gearino

In the End, Solar Power Opponents Prevail in Williamsport, Ohio

By Dan Gearino

A hydro-fracking drilling pad for oil and gas operates in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania, 12 miles west of Pittsburgh. The Kendal well pad is using a horizontal drilling technique for extracting oil and gas in the extensive Marcellus shale formation. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images.

Decarbonization Program Would Eliminate Most Emissions in Southwest Pennsylvania by 2050, a New Study Finds

By Jon Hurdle

Wheatridge wind turbines

A Clean Energy Trifecta: Wind, Solar and Storage in the Same Project

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines generate electricity at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm near Palm Springs, California, with snow-covered Mt. San Jacinto in the background. Credit: Robert Alexander/Getty Images

Remember That Coal Surge Last Year? Yeah, It’s Over

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines spin at sunset on May 10, 2021 near Bernau, Germany. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Idea of 100 Percent Renewable Energy Is Once Again Having a Moment

By Dan Gearino

Yan Yao (left) and Ye Zhang work with solid-state sodium batteries.Credit: University of Houston

Inside Clean Energy: Solid-State Batteries for EVs Make a Leap Toward Mass Production

By Dan Gearino

LADWPs Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi Mountains on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in Kern County, California. Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The US’s New Record in Renewables, Explained in Three Charts

By Dan Gearino

Excavators and bulldozers stack thermal coal at Lianyungang Port on Nov. 17, 2021 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. Credit: Wang Chun/VCG via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Three Charts to Help Make Sense of 2021, a Year Coal Was Up and Solar Was Way Up

By Dan Gearino

A sign warns of icy conditions on Interstate Highway 35 on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

One Year Later: The Texas Freeze Revealed a Fragile Energy System and Inspired Lasting Misinformation

By Dan Gearino

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