This story was reported with the help of a grant from Grist. NEW IBERIA, La.  — Into a clear blue sky, the sweet-smelling smoke billows and spreads. Farmers have been burning and harvesting sugarcane this way for generations, but the practice creates ash fallout and hazardous air pollutants. Every year, farmers plan and coordinate the […]
Over the past year, I have been noodling over the possibility of installing solar panels on my roof. This simple curiosity eventually turned into action — I got several quotes for what solar installation might cost. It was at that point that I discovered a 2017 Indiana state law that makes installing solar financially difficult […]
(The Center Square) – As large-scale solar projects become a growing part of Pennsylvania’s energy mix, policymakers and communities are confronting an increasingly important question: What happens to the panels and other equipment when these facilities reach the end of their useful lives?Â
(The Center Square) - A little more than a year after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum revoking Biden administration actions that supported the removal of the four lower Snake River dams in Eastern Washington, the state's Department of Commerce is accepting proposals to analyze the electricity resources needed to replace the energy provided by the dams, if they are someday removed.
The news that solar power recently overtook coal generation in the United States has been treated by some as a turning point worth celebrating. But before policymakers and grid planners draw the wrong conclusion, they should pause.
