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

While Texas and California lead the country in wind and solar, several others leap ahead once we take into account each state’s land area.

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines spin above corn fields near Carroll, Iowa on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Credit: Bill Clark/Getty Images
Power lines and power generating windmills rise above the rural landscape on June 13, 2018 near Dwight, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 5 States that Took Leaps on Clean Energy Policy in 2021

By Dan Gearino

Providence, Rhode Island skyline in the morning from the Seekonk River in Autumn. Credit: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Warming Trends: A Baby Ferret May Save a Species, Providence, R.I. is Listed as Endangered, and Fish as a Carbon Sink

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7 AGs Urge Congress to Preserve States' Greenhouse Gas Authority

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