Solar
Trump’s funding pause clouds future of Solar For All Program
Before Donald Trump took office, solar advocates were optimistic the feds would keep their funding commitments. Now, they’re not so sure.
Solar
Inflation Reduction Act
Solar for All likely protected from Trump’s roll back of Biden’s IRA
The program is set to install solar panels to power nearly a million low-income households over the next five years
Inflation Reduction Act
‘Renewable energy growth is truly a 50-state story now’: New report shows big jump in solar, wind, EVs
A coalition of environmental groups finds U.S. renewable energy development has tripled in the past decade
Fueling Disinformation
Fossil fuel interests are working to kill solar in one Ohio county. The hometown newspaper is helping.
A retired gas industry executive, a shadowy 'grassroots' group and a controversial media company are spreading misinformation while turning residents against a proposed solar farm — and each other
Gulf Coast
Mississippi regulators to solar boosters: Sit down and be quiet
State utility regulators have increasingly placed barriers to development of the renewable energy source in one of the sunniest states in the U.S.
Inflation Reduction Act
How the Inflation Reduction Act is playing out in one of the ‘most biased’ states for renewables
Solar developers are going head-to-head with fossil fuel-backed opposition groups and renewable bans in Ohio
Polluting Democracy
‘What corruption gets you’: How utility companies bought support in the Black south
A joint investigation by Floodlight and Capital B shows millions of dollars flowed from utilities to Black leaders and their groups since at least 2009.
Fueling Disinformation
An activist group is spreading misinformation to stop solar projects in rural America
Citizens for Responsible Solar is part of a growing backlash against renewable energy in rural communities across the United States.