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Clean Energy

  • How Schools Can Use Federal Funding for Greening

    The Hechinger Report Dec 30, 2022

    Anisa Heming has been working on making schools more sustainable for a decade and a half, now as director of the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building…

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  • How to Design Clean Energy Subsidies that Work

    The Conversation Nov 22, 2022

    The planet is heating up as greenhouse gas emissions rise, contributing to extreme heat waves and once-unimaginable flooding. Yet despite the risks, countries’ policies are not on track to keep…

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  • The Plight of Clean Energy Initiatives for Good

    The Rockefeller Foundation Nov 8, 2022

    One year ago, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAAP) was launched at COP26 with an urgent mission: to change the trajectory of greenhouse gas damage while ending…

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    Philanthropic Capital Can Make a Difference for Energy Initiatives

    Chandler Foundation Nov 3, 2022

    GEAPP launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2021 with US$10 billion of committed capital, including up to US$1.5 billion in initial grant funding from The Rockefeller Foundation,…

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  • Philanthropists Funding Clean Energy Solutions Need to Value Community Voices

    Smart Cities Dive Oct 27, 2022

    City residents that could be most impacted by decarbonization policies may not be part of the conversation as they’re developed. The creators of the Equitable Building Electrification Fund believe that decision-making power in…

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  • People of Color Are as Interested in Buying Electric Cars as White Consumers – The Biggest Obstacle is Access to Charging

    The Conversation Sep 29, 2022

    A nationally representative survey of 8,027 Americans shows that across all racial demographics, overall interest in purchasing electric vehicles is high. Among those surveyed, 33% of white respondents, 38% of…

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  • Offshore Wind is Much Better for Taxpayers than Oil and Gas

    Grist Sep 26, 2022

    Not only is offshore wind power better for the planet compared to oil and gas, it’s also better for taxpayers. That’s according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress,…

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  • Desalinating Seawater Sounds Easy, But There are Cheaper and More Sustainable Options

    The Conversation Sep 23, 2022

    Coastal urban centers around the world are urgently looking for new, sustainable water sources as their local supplies become less reliable. In the U.S., the issue is especially pressing in…

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  • More and More Schools Are Leveraging Solar Power

    Grist Sep 20, 2022

    In 2014, two solar energy groups published a report finding that only about 3,750 U.S. schools — out of a total of roughly 130,000 — were generating electricity from solar panels. But that number is…

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  • What Must We Do to Transition to A Green Economy?

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 13, 2022

    With so many crises happening in recent years—the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, former President Donald Trump’s attempted coup, global inflation—the dire consequences of global warming have receded from…

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  • Imperiled Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant has the World on Edge

    The Conversation Aug 29, 2022

    Russian forces occupy Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar. Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting nearby, and shelling has damaged…

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  • The Inflation Reduction Act was Just the First Step: More Work Needed for Clean Energy Transition

    The Conversation Aug 23, 2022

    The new Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and incentives for just about every form of clean energy. But pouring money…

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