MT2030 Community, We are excited to announce the first of our monthly MT2030 Solutions Sessions – virtual conversations with experts and colleagues to help guide the Mountain Towns 2030 community to address climate change more effectively and ambitiously. March: “MT2030 Solutions Project All-Stars” Following last week’s release of the MT2030 Solutions Project Guidebook, join us for a Read more…
Dive Brief: The White House will support environmentally sustainable critical mineral extraction and offer incentives to domestic manufacturers as part of a strategy, released Thursday, to boost the domestic supply chain for clean energy products. The Department of Energy (DOE) plan identifies 40 strategies for the executive branch to improve the clean energy supply Read more…
A major Arizona utility’s can be held liable for violating antitrust laws through its policies of charging higher rates for electricity to its customers who choose to install rooftop solar panels, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Read more…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) designed this guide to assist local government officials and stakeholders in boosting solar deployment. The content is based on the Solar Power in Your Community guidebook, updated in 2022, which contains case studies with approaches to reduce market barriers that have Read more…
The Albany County Board of Commissioners have approved a wind energy conversion systems permit for the Rock Creek Wind Project by a 3-0 vote. The commission had tabled the project following a public hearing Dec. 7 after commissioners asked for more time to ask questions and took the issue up Read more…
EPISODE SUMMARY ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability, has been helping local governments with climate action for three decades. Learn how they’re evolving with some exciting new tools, cohorts, and programs. And hear how the Race to Zero is showing cities that it’s possible to cut carbon emissions by 60% in Read more…
Funding Will Help People in Particularly Underserved Rural Communities Cut Energy Costs, Increase Energy Resiliency and Address Climate Change WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 19, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Department is making up to $10 million available to help people living in rural Read more…
When Byron Kominek returned home after the Peace Corps and later working as a diplomat in Africa, his family’s 24-acre farm near Boulder, Colo., was struggling to turn a profit. “Our farm has mainly been hay producing for fifty years,” Kominek said, on a recent chilly morning, the sun illuminating Read more…
Mathew Mendisco knows his community looks less and less like a coal town. On a recent afternoon, the town manager of Hayden, Colo., arrived at Yampa Valley Brewing Company for happy hour. The taproom is attached to a small vacation rental unit. Next door is a new coffee shop built Read more…
The automotive industry has finally started to embrace battery-powered vehicles—but students at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands are already thinking about what comes next. A group of 22 coeds working under the name Solar Team Eindhoven has just unveiled Stella Vita, the world’s first entirely solar-powered camper, according to Ars Technica. The vehicle features a Read more…