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Virginia coalfield booster wants new renewable fund to send a message
In an interview, an economic development director talks about his organization’s new $1 million fund to assist renewable energy projects.
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In an interview, an economic development director talks about his organization’s new $1 million fund to assist renewable energy projects.
The final report from a Republican-led state task force cautions against shifting to renewables too quickly and contradicts a previous, more-detailed analysis.
The Michigan utility aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but its compensation packages still include rewards for “coal plant reliability.”
Coal country is not without options. But coal’s long legacy of hope, promises and failure has instilled a political inertia that won’t soon be overcome.
Communities contemplate how to survive a post-extraction economy.