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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 solar is that the benefits mostly go to affluent households that don’t need any help. But the reality...

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 essential nutrients in beef and emphasizes that livestock convert solar energy into food on marginal l...

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 the photo, is the nation's largest emitter of the climate super-pollutant HFC-23, according to the ...

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. One worker told the local Metro Times that employees receive updates about co-workers’ positive te...