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Inside Clean Energy: The Rooftop Solar Income Gap Is (Slowly) Shrinking Research shows that falling costs are helping to make solar accessible to people with lower incomes. April 15, 2021 Contractors install SunRun Inc. solar panels on the roof of a new home at the Westline Homes Willowood Cottages community in Sacramento, California, on Aug. 15, 2018. Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Related Share this article One of the most common arguments against subsidizing rooftop sol...

Compiled by Candace Krebs Governor declares Livestock Proud Day March 22 Colorado Livestock Association was joined by Colorado Dairy Farmers, Colorado Egg Producers, Colorado Pork Producers Council, Colorado Wool Growers Association and Rocky Mountain Farmers Union in requesting that Colorado Governor Jared Polis declare March 22 Colorado Livestock Proud Day. The groups were notified last Friday that the Governor had agreed to sign the declaration. The declaration specifically highlights the es...

Meatpacking plants have been major hot spots for the virus.

A Single Chemical Plant in Louisville Emits a Super-Pollutant That Does More Climate Damage Than Every Car in the City Executives at Chemours promised at the White House in 2015 to try to abate the emissions. Now, they say it will take two more years. March 9, 2021 Chemical plants in the Rubbertown area of Louisville stand near the Ohio River in February 2018 during flood conditions on the river. The Chemours chemical plant, located within the wedge-shaped Chemours property in the lower half of...

Dozens of COVID-19 infections shut down Detroit Whole Foods On Tuesday, February 23, a Whole Foods location in the Midtown neighborhood of Detroit temporarily shut down and asked customers to leave. Shortly after, Detroit’s chief public health officer Denise Fair confirmed a massive outbreak at the store in a press release, urging residents who had visited the location between February 12 and 22 to quarantine and monitor symptoms. Twenty-three of 196 employees tested positive for COVID-19. On...

The review comes in response to a call from Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who asked the inspectors general of the USDA and Department of Labor in August to determine whether actions by the Trump administration helped spread the coronavirus amongst workers at the plants.

WASHINGTON -- The inspector general for the U.S. Agriculture Department is reviewing the...

A Furious Industry Backlash Greets Moves by California Cities to Ban Natural Gas in New Construction Gas bans and restrictions, and the industry pushback, is part of a battle on many fronts over the future of natural gas in homes and businesses. March 5, 2021 Center Street, near the University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley was the first city in the United States to pass an ordinance that banned natural gas hookups in new construction. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Related Sh...

Inside Clean Energy: Warren Buffett Explains the Need for a Massive Energy Makeover A man whose empire includes energy companies says investment in interstate power lines is expensive but essential. March 4, 2021 Philanthropist Warren Buffett is joined onstage by 24 other philanthropist and influential business people featured on the Forbes list of 100 Greatest Business Minds during the Forbes Media Centennial Celebration at Pier 60 on September 19, 2017 in New York City. Credit: Daniel Zuchni...

Blackjewel’s Bankruptcy Filing Is a Harbinger of Trouble Ahead for the Plummeting Coal Industry The company wants to walk away from almost 200 mining permits in four states, potentially leaving thousands of acres of environmentally damaged land. March 3, 2021 Unemployed Blackjewel coal miner David Pratt holds his daughter Willow as he walks across railroad tracks that lead to one of the companys mines near Cumberland, Kentucky in 2019. Blackjewel miners found themselves unemployed when the co...