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![Collage of solar panels on roofs beside a door-to-door salesperson]()
![Collage of solar panels on roofs beside a door-to-door salesperson]()
Clean energy, dirty tactics: Inside the shady world of door-to-door solar sales
On-site solar can be an incredible tool for lowering both energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. But homeowners face a complicated — and sometimes intentionally misleading — process.
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![Photo of person carrying a solar panel on a roof inset on a yellow background]()
![Photo of person carrying a solar panel on a roof inset on a yellow background]()
Talking to a door-to-door solar sales rep? Beware of these red flags.
Door-knocking is common in the solar industry, and not well regulated. Being informed can protect you from predatory tactics.
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![A small fishing boat sits in calm waters with two men on board]()
![A small fishing boat sits in calm waters with two men on board]()
Meet the small business owners electrifying Maine’s rural coast
In Casco Bay’s remote waters, electric workboats and the aquaculture innovators who operate them are putting marine electrification to the test.
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![Oil pump jacks with the sun setting in the background]()
![Oil pump jacks with the sun setting in the background]()
How low oil prices turned Trump’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ into a pipe dream
Trump promised boom times for the U.S. oil industry. They're laying off staff and reducing spending instead.
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![Voting stickers are seen in the Georgia primary on election day, May 24th, 2022]()
![Voting stickers are seen in the Georgia primary on election day, May 24th, 2022]()
How to get Georgia voters to turn out for the PSC election? Talk about their power bills.
Campaigns and activists are racing to educate voters on the Public Service Commission, elected officials with power over energy bills and climate action.
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![Several smokestacks stand in the background with one belching smoke and in the foreground are trees and an American flag]()
![Several smokestacks stand in the background with one belching smoke and in the foreground are trees and an American flag]()
US taxpayers will pay billions in new fossil fuel subsidies thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill
A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.
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![An aerial view of a canal cutting through agricultural fields with huge black solar panels stretched over it]()
![An aerial view of a canal cutting through agricultural fields with huge black solar panels stretched over it]()
California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online
The 1.6-megawatt pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.
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![the Chinese space station Tiangong is seen orbiting Earth.]()
![the Chinese space station Tiangong is seen orbiting Earth.]()
Data centers gobble Earth’s resources. What if we took them to space instead?
A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it's feasible is another matter.
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![Teenagers with yellow signs rally outside of a white building]()
![Teenagers with yellow signs rally outside of a white building]()
Students, schools race to save clean energy projects in face of Trump deadline
Many projects such as solar panels and electric school buses may not meet new deadlines for tax credits under the “big, beautiful bill.”
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![Dozens of wind turbines spin against a blue sky with solar panels in the foreground]()
![Dozens of wind turbines spin against a blue sky with solar panels in the foreground]()
States fast-track wind and solar permits and contracts to beat Trump’s deadline
Federal tax credits have brought project costs down 30 to 50 percent, advocates say.
