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A community-driven effort is driving Molokaʻi's transition to solar power and cultivating a local workforce to make it happen.
Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation's disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Federal rules that undermine Indigenous economies make development too tedious.
Analysts agree on one thing: Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars per household.
Washington’s Yakama Nation received both the grant and a $100 million federal loan. Held up by a series of bureaucratic hurdles, the funding could expire before the government lets the tribal nation touch a dime.
Solar advocates in southwestern Virginia say being local, proving the technology works, and building a coalition to support it have been key to their success.
A coalition of 11 governors has threatened to withdraw from grid operator PJM.
The evidence is in: Protests can persuade people, and maybe even change how they vote.
Critics said the decision was "fatally flawed" and won't allow for a “just and equitable energy transition.”
