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Renewables

‘Renewable’ No More: The Trump Administration Renames the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

A key driver of U.S. renewable energy research is now called the National Laboratory of the Rockies.

By Dan Gearino

Chris Wright is inside a lab, talking to people standing near scientists in lab coats.
The Fluvanna County Planning Commission deferred any decision on Tenaska Energy’s proposal until November during a meeting last week. Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Gas Plant That’s Part of PJM’s Fast-Tracked Process Is Getting Pushback in Virginia 

By Charles Paullin

The Trump Administration Is Cutting Billions in Clean Energy Investments—But the Savings Are Overstated

By Aidan Hughes, Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous

The Blue Jay solar and storage plant in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images.

What Risks Texas’ Grid Faces

By Arcelia Martin

An aerial view of the ENGIE Sun Valley Solar project in Hill County, Texas, on March 1, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

Climate Change Made the Texas Heat Wave More Intense. Renewables Softened the Blow

By Kristoffer Tigue

A solar park is being built in a former opencast gravel mine. Credit: Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Three Charts that Show the Energy Transition in 50 States

By Dan Gearino

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

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

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

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

Virginia State Capitol. Credit:  Zach Gibson/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: New Law Launches Virginia Into Landmark 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

The use of solar is increasing in Finland and other Nordic countries. Aitiopaikka, an apartment complex in Turku, sports 516 rooftop solar panels. Credit: Turku Student Village Foundation (TYS)

Solar Power Just Miles from the Arctic Circle? In Icy Nordic Climes, It’s Become the Norm

By PAUL HOCKENOS

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