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Our recent conversation with Premal Shah, Co-Founder and Chair of the Board for Renewables.org, explored how anyone can help finance the clean energy transition in the Global South through zero-interest loans as small as $25. We discussed how this innovative model — following the Kiva model— is now being applied to solar projects across India…

The United States Forest Service is in jeopardy. On March 30th, the Trump administration announced that it would be completely restructuring the agency, with plans to move the agency’s headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Salt Lake City, transition from a regional to state leadership model, and shut down over 50 place-based research facilities in favor of a centralized research center in Fort Collins. What…

One month into the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, there are countless signs that clean energy technologies are gaining momentum in America and around the world. We’ve covered the surge in U.S. consumer interest in EVs, as Americans reckon with daily increases in gas prices at the pump. But there’s also the United Kingdom, where heat pump and solar adoption skyrocketed in the first…

Is President Trump the Accidental EV President, as well as the Accidental Clean Energy President? The Trump administration has fought tirelessly for a world in which gas cars regain dominance. It has killed consumer tax credits, eliminated incentives for domestic manufacturing, and imposed tariffs that have driven up industry costs. But now, with his recent actions in the Middle East,…

Our recent conversation with Kevin Chou, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Bright Saver, revealed the explosive, grassroots momentum behind a simple yet powerful idea: legalizing plug-in solar panels across the United States. We explored how this technology, already popular in Europe, can empower renters, homeowners, and apartment dwellers to generate their own clean energy, save…

Over 60 years ago, American universities pooled their resources together to build a national laboratory for climate and weather research—a centralized facility capable of accomplishing what no single institution could on its own. That national lab, dubbed the National Center for Atmospheric Research, has become a world-class facility and integral part of our country’s atmospheric monitoring and research…

There’s no bigger story right now than the war in Iran. On February 28th, the United States and Israel launched joint military strikes, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and hitting other sites across the country. The attack was carried out despite a complete lack of congressional approval and U.S. intelligence indicating no immediate threat from Iran. Now, it’s been…