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The Time is Ripe for Communities to Embrace Clean Energy on Brownfields
New federal incentives can help communities repurpose brownfields into brightfields, high-value sites that support a more equitable, clean energy economy. To speed this transition across America, RMI is co-launching the first ever Brightfields Accelerator.
For Keith Mesecher and Marge Wurgel, Generosity Is a Two-Way Street
Keith Mesecher and Marge Wurgel say that they are just down-to-earth ordinary folks, and they don’t identify with the word philanthropy.
The Inflation Reduction Act Will Help Electrify Heavy-Duty Trucking
The Inflation Reduction Act could dramatically increase adoption of heavy-duty electric trucks and help decarbonize the trucking industry.
By the Numbers: Low-Income Energy Assistance
States must work to ensure that new sources of federal funding for low-income energy assistance get eligible customers the assistance they need.
Max Lainfiesta: Building a Career and Cutting-Edge Energy Project Models to Extend Renewable Energy Access Globally
Max Lainfiesta grew up in Guatemala alongside solar water heaters, wind turbines, and innovative renewable energy experiments.
Three Benefits of a People-Centric Energy Transition in the Global South
Renewables not only provide resilient, local energy to the Global South, but also create jobs, empower women and youth, and lead to a just transition.
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New White House ‘Buy Clean’ Guidance Targets Huge Emissions Hidden in Building Materials
White House announced “Buy Clean” recommendations that will advance green building materials procurement for federal building and transportation projects.
Max Lainfiesta: Building a Career and Cutting-Edge Energy Project Models to Extend Renewable Energy Access Globally
Max Lainfiesta grew up in Guatemala alongside solar water heaters, wind turbines, and innovative renewable energy experiments.
How Local Governments and Communities Are Taking Action to Get Fossil Fuels out of Buildings
Nearly 28 million Americans across 12 states now live in a jurisdiction where local policies favor fossil fuel-free, healthy buildings.
Landmark Deal Resets US Climate and Clean Energy Goals, Lifts Prospects for Global Progress
Washington has reached a far-reaching deal on clean energy and climate policy that dramatically improves the outlook for global efforts to prevent dangerous planetary warming. With $369 billion in tax tweaks and new spending, the deal would be the largest and most ambitious clean energy investment in US history.
Clean Energy 101: Heat Pumps
Why heat pumps are a cost-effective and climate-friendly solution for extreme heat waves and frigid winters.
How Fast-Growing Colorado is Tackling its Transportation Emissions
From Denver smog to jammed mountain highways, Colorado is focusing on transportation to solve congestion, pollution, and climate problems.
Clean Energy 101: The REC Market
Amid a drumbeat of expert studies calling for urgent climate action, underscored by increasingly frequent extreme weather events and natural disasters, people across the United States are looking for ways to support the clean energy transition. Renewable energy certificates (RECs) are one way that an individual or business can…
Changemakers of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow
Investing in the people on the ground and the institutional talent to do the work is critical to a successful energy transition in the Caribbean and beyond.
Clean Energy 101: Electric Trucks
Trucks are going electric, from your favorite pickup, to the delivery van dropping off your packages, to the big rigs that haul freight across the interstates.