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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

The coal-fired John E. Amos Power Plant in West Virginia. Credit: Joseph Sohm/Visions of America via Getty Images

Coal Is Rising Along with Solar in the U.S. Power System, While Gas Loses a Step

By Dan Gearino

Employees walk the floor and supervise machines at the T1 Energy plant near Dallas. Credit: T1 Energy

Despite Everything, US Solar Manufacturing Continues to Power Up

By Dan Gearino, Arcelia Martin

Workers carry solar panels to be installed at a one-million-kilowatt photovoltaic project in Lingwu, China, on April 14. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

The Researcher Who Wrote the Book on How Solar Got Cheap Is Back to Assess the Current Moment

By Dan Gearino

Solar panels, installed as part of the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, are seen at the Wooly Pig Farm Brewery in Fresno, Ohio. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables, a Lifeline for Farmers

By Georgina Gustin

The Wind River Indian Reservation is home to the Northern Arapaho and the Eastern Shoshone tribes. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Tribal Solar Projects Meet Different Fates in Wyoming After Trump Administration Kills Funding

By Jake Bolster

Workers install solar panels at the Eland Solar and Storage Center in the Mojave Desert of Kern County, Calif., on Nov. 25, 2024. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Treasury Tightens Rules for Wind and Solar Tax Credits, But Offers Leeway

By Marianne Lavelle, Aidan Hughes

Rooftop solar panels are installed on a home in Kensington, Md., on July 3. Credit: Maansi Srivastava/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Federal Rooftop Solar Grants Are on the Chopping Block. Here’s Who Would Get Hurt

By Dan Gearino

Hornet Solar in Swisher County, Texas, is the largest U.S. power plant to go online in the first six months of this year, based on its capacity of 600 megawatts. Credit: Vesper Energy

Solar and Batteries Lead US Power Plant Additions by a Lot. How Does This Square With the Trump Administration’s Agenda?

By Dan Gearino

A Volkswagen ID.4 EV charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2024. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

As Consumer Tax Credits Vanish, What Do You Need to Know?

By Dan Gearino

Wind tower components, used in the construction of power-generating wind turbines, sit on a lot near the Arcosa manufacturing facility on July 2 in Newton, Iowa. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Cuts to Wind and Solar May Undermine GOP’s Promise of ‘Energy Dominance,’ Critics Say

By Aidan Hughes

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

Brittany Staie, with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, gathers samples of vegetables that are being grown at the NREL agrivoltaic solar garden in Golden, Colo. Credit: Werner Slocum/NREL

In the Sweltering Southwest, Planting Solar Panels in Farmland Can Help Both Photovoltaics and Crops

By Tina Deines

Workers install solar panels for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Eland Solar and Storage Center in the Mojave Desert of Kern County on Nov. 25, 2024. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Trump Issues Executive Order Targeting ‘Unreliable’ Clean Energy Options

By Dan Gearino

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