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Solar panels are seen on the campus of Central Columbia High School in Bloomsburg, Pa., as part of a combination ground-mount and rooftop 3.8 megawatt array. Credit: Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

In Rooftop Solar, Advocates See a ‘Missed Opportunity’ for Clean Energy in Pennsylvania

By Kyle Bagenstose

Solar panels stand near the remains of coal mining equipment in Lynch, Ky. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

International Energy Report Projects a Slower Transition to Renewables, but Oil Could Still Peak This Decade

By Blanca Begert

Power lines and a wind turbine rise above the rural landscape of Dwight, Ill. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Illinois General Assembly Passes Energy Reform Act Aiming to Reduce Rates and Reach Clean Energy Goals

By Sarah Mattalian

Democrat Abigail Spanberger (left) challenges Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in the race for Virginia governor. Credit: Win McNamee and Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

In Virginia, Voters Head to the Polls Hot Over Data Centers, Solar Facilities and Rising Electric Bills

By Charles Paullin

Cattle have been marked for an animal behavior study, showing each cow’s interaction with the solar equipment on Silicon Ranch’s Christiana Solar Farm in Tennessee. Credit: Courtesy of Silicon Ranch

Can Cows and Solar Power Coexist? We’re About to Find Out

By Dan Gearino

Utahns and environmentalists gather before Wednesday’s Public Service Commission hearing on PacifiCorp’s 2025 integrated resource plan. Credit: Zack Waterman/Sierra Club

At Rallies in Utah and Wyoming, PacifiCorp Customers Urge the Utility to Pursue Renewables

By Jake Bolster

Rachel Kutzley demonstrates a thermal camera, a device that can help to identify the leakage of heat, at the Energy Smart Home Expo in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 25. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

A Home Energy Fair Offers a Counter Narrative to Cynicism About Climate Change

By Dan Gearino

Paul Westbrook shows a solar panel placed at the edge of his Fairview, Texas, property, to a tour group gathered for Sun Day — a day meant to commemorate the power of clean energy. Credit: Arcelia Martin/Inside Climate News

This Texas Family Designed Their House Around the Solar Cycle Nearly 30 Years Ago

By Arcelia Martin

A prototype of a 3-D solar tower is seen at Janta Power’s Dallas office that is interconnected to the Texas grid. Credit: Arcelia Martin/Inside Climate News

A Dallas Startup Raises $5.5 Million to Build 3-D Solar Towers

By Arcelia Martin

Transmission lines dot the rural landscape of Dwight, Ill. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Renewable Energy Act Before Illinois Legislature Would Decrease Stress on Ratepayers, Advocates Say

By Sarah Mattalian

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

Workers install solar panels at the Ningguoyun Lingwu 1 million kilowatt photovoltaic project in the desert of China’s northern Ningxia region on April 14. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

Global Renewable Power Capacity Expected to More than Double by 2030

By Kiley Bense

A wind turbine awaits construction in Balko, Okla. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

With Federal Support for Wind and Solar Waning, States Are Trying to Push Policy Through on Their Own

By Aidan Hughes

Wind turbines tower over a rural landscape on July 5 near Pomeroy, Iowa. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Can the Nation’s Most Wind-Powered State Look to Solar?

By Anika Jane Beamer

New Mount Hermon Missionary Baptist Church members celebrate the installation of rooftop solar panels in southwest Detroit. Credit: Courtesy of Michigan Interfaith Power & Light

Houses of Worship Could Help Fuel the Energy Transition. Solar Evangelists Are Hard at Work on That

By Liuan Huska

This solar panel has been struck by an ice ball during a durability test at the Renewable Energy Test Center in Fremont, Calif. Credit: RETC

Utility-Scale Solar Can Withstand Severe Hailstorms. Here’s How

By Dan Gearino

Kavone Little stands outside the New Jersey Reentry Corporation’s Kearny facility after graduating from its solar panel installation program. Credit: Rambo Talabong/Inside Climate News

Solar Power Gave Hope to Former Prisoners in NJ. Federal Cuts Are Taking It Back

By Rambo Talabong

Glad Tidings’ founder, Bishop Jerry Macklin and one of the church’s new EV charging stations. Credit: Courtesy of Glad Tidings

A California Network of Black Churches Is Embracing Solar Energy, EV Charging

By Nicole J. Caruth

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