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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 19d

📊“Roughly three-fourths of likely voters support expanding the electric grid, the survey found. About two-thirds are in favor of adding more transmission lines to connect clean energy and strengthen grid reliability.”

🔗Source: www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra...

Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 20d

📣“Mars’ first three contracts with Enel are estimated to generate 1.8 terawatt-hours of clean energy annually, helping the food and snack manufacturer avoid around 700 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year”

📌Source: www.esgdive.com/news/mars-en...

Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 21d

🔔“The survey of 1,000 likely 2026 voters commissioned by Conservatives for Clean Energy Florida shows that 78% support clean energy initiatives, including 63% of Republicans.”

📍Source: floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/16/n...

Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 28d

“A novel solar power project ☀️ just went online in California’s Central Valley, with panels that span across canals in the vast agricultural region…Project Nexus is only the second canal-based solar array to operate in the United States"

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Sep 15

📣 Check it out! Clean Tomorrow’s Nelson Falkenburg and Alex Breckel partnered with @dataforprogress.org for our newest report: From Barriers to Breakthroughs: State Policymaker Perspectives on Renewable Energy Siting → www.dataforprogress.org/memos/9/15/f...

From Barriers to Breakthroughs: State Policymaker Perspectives on Renewable Energy Siting

Data for Progress and Clean Tomorrow present findings to illuminate the renewable energy siting and permitting barriers facing state legislatures and agency staff.

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Sep 15

📚Read about our most recent Siting Solutions Project legislative insight report The State of Siting: 2025 Legislative Round-up featured in @rtoinsider.bsky.social → www.rtoinsider.com/113506-state...

State-level Efforts to Limit Renewables Blunted in 2025

Proposals to limit renewable energy far outnumbered supportive legislation introduced in state legislatures in the first half of 2025.

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Data for Progress @dataforprogress.org · Sep 15

NEW with @cleantomorrow.org:

We talked to state-level stakeholders involved in clean energy siting to identify key barriers to building renewables.

Local opposition and misinformation were reported as top barriers.

www.dataforprogress.org/memos/9/15/f...

From Barriers to Breakthroughs: State Policymaker Perspectives on Renewable Energy Siting

Data for Progress and Clean Tomorrow present findings to illuminate the renewable energy siting and permitting barriers facing state legislatures and agency staff.

www.dataforprogress.org

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Sep 12

🔔 “This is the nation’s first onshore wave energy site, and on Tuesday, Eco Wave Power will officially unveil the pilot installation and begin operating.”

📌Source: abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...

In LA port, bobbing blue floats are turning wave power into clean energy

At the Port of Los Angeles on a site that once housed oil tanks, seven steel structures that look like small blue boats are lowered into the ocean, where they gently bob up and down with the waves to ...

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Sep 11

📣 Check this out! “In 2023, the [Cincinnati] zoo formalized the Community Solar Resiliency Program (CSRP) ☀️, aimed at helping share the benefits of renewable energy with its Avondale and Greater Cincinnati neighbors.”

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Solar arrays: Cincinnati Zoo becomes a source of solar power for community

The Cincinnati Zoo gets renewable energy from its solar arrays and installs panels throughout the community.

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Sep 5

🔔 Check out @canarymedia.com’s “Chart of the week” column by @danmccarthy.bsky.social featuring our newest Siting Solutions Project legislative insight report co-authored by Nelson Falkenburg.

📍Click on the link to read the full column

Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · Sep 5

State lawmakers introduced a ton of clean energy-related bills this year. Most of them would restrict renewables — but most of them also didn’t pass.

Chart: State lawmakers introduced a ton of anti-renewables bills this…

Legislatures considered far more bills that would hamper clean energy than ones that would help it, a new analysis finds.

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Sep 2

🔔“A coalition of Columbus business, nonprofit and local government leaders is celebrating the beginning of a pilot program bringing solar power ☀️ to 10 low- and moderate-income Near East Side homeowners.”

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Aug 28

Check out our new Siting Solutions Project legislative insight report in‪ @latitudemedia.bsky.social @maeveallsup.bsky.social

www.latitudemedia.com/news/mapping...

Mapping the state-level battles over blocking renewable energy

Report: In Trump’s second term, state activity has been characterized by “restrictive momentum."

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Aug 27

🔔Read more about these restrictive bills and other national trends in our “State of Siting” 2025 Legislative Round-Up report → tinyurl.com/3pms3zkc

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Aug 25

🔔 Learn more in our latest report 👉 tinyurl.com/3pms3zkc

Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Aug 22

📣“At the state level, more than a third of bills discussed this year on renewable technologies sought to make deployment more difficult, according to data shared exclusively with the FT by Clean Tomorrow” Read @fteva.bsky.social FT latest article here 👉 tinyurl.com/5d5e64m5

Donald Trump’s attacks on renewables sector quash nearly $19bn worth of projects

Stifled growth will hamper ability to meet energy demand from artificial intelligence, analysts say

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Aug 22

🔔Read more in our latest report 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3pms3zkc

Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Aug 18

Meet Claire Cody! Claire joins the Clean Tomorrow’s staff as our newest Senior Innovation Policy Analyst. Learn more about Claire here → cleantomorrow.org/our-team/

Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Aug 12

🔔 “[Mark Z.] Jacobson built from scratch what's called a "zero net energy house." It's all-electric with no gas on the property. The home generates as much energy as it consumes, and all the energy generated is clean and renewable...”♻️

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California clean energy push exemplified by Stanford professor's zero net energy home

Clean, renewable energy is powering California to levels never seen before, and a Stanford professor's home is the blueprint for the near future.

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Aug 1

“The Ohio Power Siting Board approved construction of the 120-megawatt Frasier Solar project ☀️ late last month despite local groups’ organizing efforts.”

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An Ohio solar project overcomes local opposition and misinformation

State regulators greenlit the Frasier Solar development, taking into account that opposition was not unanimous. That’s good and bad news for future…

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Jul 21

🌱“Six Northland projects received grants for clean energy projects in the latest round of the Minnesota State Competitiveness Fund.”

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6 Northern MN clean energy projects awarded state dollars

The state funds aim to help the competitiveness of projects in Little Rock, northern Itasca County, Crookston, Mahnomen County and beyond, which are pursuing federal funds.

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Jul 15

📣“State regulators today gave final approval to a 140-megawatt solar farm ☀️ to be built on a 1,600-acre site in the town of Fenner in Madison County.”

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Big solar farm in Madison County gets go-ahead from state siting board

The project in Fenner will stretch across 1,600 acres.

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Jul 11

"“As temperatures across New England soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in recent weeks, solar panels and batteries helped keep air conditioners running while reducing fossil-fuel generation and likely saving consumers more than $20 million.” Read more

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A heat wave hit New England's grid. Clean energy saved the day.

On the hottest day this year, behind-the-meter solar panels and a growing network of batteries helped prevent blackouts and saved consumers millions of…

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Jul 7

"The choice is stark: We can continue to fight partisan battles around which energy path the [US] should take as our global competitors pull further ahead, or we can rebuild American energy leadership on bipartisan ground." - Evan Chapman tinyurl.com/4bkm7hzh

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From Partisan Whiplash to Lasting Progress: Rebuilding American Energy Policy — Clean Tomorrow

In 2022, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act—the largest federal investment in American energy technology in history. Through tax credits,

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Jul 3

👀 Check this out!

Students partnered with GRID Alternatives Colorado to learn solar energy systems ☀️ and install mock panels. Funded by Denver's Green Career Grant, the program aims to develop sustainability-focused careers.

🌿 Source: tinyurl.com/mrxm6mra

Denver students get hands-on with solar power in Summer Renewable Energy Academy

This summer, some students traded beach towels for tool belts to dive into the future of energy. The DPS Summer Renewable Energy Academy gave high schoolers a unique opportunity to explore careers in ...

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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · Jul 2

Washington’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) approves Site Certification Agreement for Cypress Creek Renewables' Carriger Solar project, a 160-MW PV plant and 63 MW battery energy storage system near Goldendale🔋.

🌱Source: tinyurl.com/4whnh9hs

160MW Carriger Solar Project Receives Washington State Energy Council Approval

The 160-megawatt Carriger Solar Project (MW) will be a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, paired with a 63 MW battery energy storage system

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