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Just as New York is making a huge investment in offshore wind, New Jersey's largest offshore wind farm project has been canceled. Project owner Orsted cited economic reasons for the cancellation. The contracts to develop Ocean Wind 1 and 2 were negotiated in 2018 but the company said recent inflation on construction products has made pursuing the projects challenging. ...
By Steve MacLaughlin for NBC Miami.Broadcast version by Trimmel Gomes for Florida News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration After Hurricane Irma, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity allocated $15 million to the Monroe County Voluntary Home Buyout Program. It allows the county to purchase land from homeowners affected by Hurricane Irma, demolish the structures and let the land remain an open space that can accommodate the rising ocean. Monroe County has an all-in approach: Adaptation with projects like raising roads and managed ...
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is using a $3 million federal grant to track greenhouse-gas pollution in the state. The Climate Pollution Reduction Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency will allow the state to establish a greenhouse-gas emissions inventory and make a climate action plan to address the findings. "We were one of the organizations that originally pushed for this funding to be accepted by the state, to address climate pollution and climate emissions," said Delaney Barber, outreach energy and climate coordinator for the Hoosier Enviro...
Latino and Hispanic workers make up about 18-percent of the U.S, clean-energy workforce, and a New Mexico company wants to make sure their work reaches communities of color. Since 2010, the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative serving Taos and surrounding communities has been moving toward a goal of total renewable energy. Kit Carson Electric Cooperative CEO Luis Reyes said it reached a milestone this year. ...
After years of legal sparring, United Power, the largest electric cooperative in the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, is moving to break with the wholesale power provider. The Bright...