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Lawmakers reintroduce bipartisan bill to help tribes preserve traditional seeds
Bipartisan legislation would authorize the Interior Department to support tribal seed banks and traditional farming as tribes face mounting preservation challenges from wildfires and drought.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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You may have heard of #agrivoltaics — now there's "ecovoltaics"
Research finds solar can support bird, bat activities
A pair of research studies led by the Argonne National Laboratory have demonstrated how “ecovoltaic” installations in the midwestern United States are home to more bird and bat activities than near…
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December 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Solar and storage represent 91% of clean power additions in Q3 2025
Of the 11.7 GW of clean power capacity added in Q3 2025, utility-scale solar and battery energy storage accounted for 91% of the total, said a report from the American Clean Power Association.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Corporate buyers contracted for 20.4 GW of ‘clean’ energy so far this year: CEBA
Clean Energy Buyers Association members are willing to pay their “fair share” to get connected to the grid and have, in many cases, embraced a new class of large load tariffs, CEO Rich Powell said.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Amazon to scale AI-enabled efficiency tool after pilot shaves 15% from energy use
The e-commerce giant plans to deploy Trane Technologies’ BrainBox AI platform across more than 30 sites within its grocery fulfillment and distribution network in the U.S.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Congratulations to the Northern Cheyenne Buffalo Facility for being named a Solar Builder Project of the Year!!
Northern Cheyenne Buffalo Facility | Under 100 kW - Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards
Seeking a more sustainable way to power (and eventually expand) its operations, the Northern Cheyenne buffalo caretaking facility in Montana installed a 36 kW solar and 57.6 kW battery system that…
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December 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Q+A: Richard Tallbear Westerman on how he built a $52M solar farm and why tribes need energy partners
Richard Tallbear Westerman spent three years working without pay before his company built a 20-megawatt solar farm. He says tribes can replicate his partnership model.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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The grid storage industry set a wild goal for 2025 — and then crushed…
In 2017, U.S. grid storage developers promised they could deliver 35 gigawatts by 2025. They beat their target and made batteries a key power-sector…
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December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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US added 2 GW of solar in September, putting 2025 ahead of 2024 for new solar generation
Solar accounted for three-quarters of new generation installed so far this year, followed by wind at 13% and gas at 11%.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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The grid storage industry set a wild goal for 2025 — and then crushed…
In 2017, U.S. grid storage developers promised they could deliver 35 gigawatts by 2025. They beat their target and made batteries a key power-sector…
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December 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Everyone Wants to Know PJM’s Data Center Plan
How will America’s largest grid deal with the influx of electricity demand? It has until the end of the year to figure things out.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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California issues enforcement advisory on climate disclosure law
The California Air Resources Board issued guidance on SB 261, which requires large companies to submit climate-related financial risk disclosures, after its implementation was halted by the Ninth…
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December 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Agrivoltaics for sorghum and soybeans
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found that shading from agrivoltaic systems reduces grain numbers in both sorghum and soybean, but sorghum can partially compensate by inc…
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December 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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U.S. data center power demand could reach 106 GW by 2035: BloombergNEF
The forecast is 36% higher than its April estimate. Other experts warn that an AI bubble or speculative data center proposals could be fueling excessive load growth projections.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Google just backed carbon capture tech for data center energy providers. Will other tech giants follow?
The fast-growing electricity demands of data centers could be a game-changer for carbon capture technology in the U.S. power sector, say experts from the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of…
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December 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Why one tribe has declared the Colorado River a legal person
A tribal nation has declared the Colorado River a legal person. An Indigenous leader says it reflects how her people have traditionally valued the river as a living part of them.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Distributed Energy's Role in the AI Race
A new FERC proceeding reveals distributed energy's growing role easing pressure on an oversubscribed transmission system.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Congress urged to reform “nearly complete moratorium” on U.S. solar projects
A coalition of 143 solar companies signed a letter requesting reforms to solar project permitting, as Trump administration executive orders have led to an effective shutdown of all projects under Depa...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Data center power demand surges faster, analysis finds
Even BloombergNEF's bigger 2035 projection is still pretty conservative compared to estimates from others.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Upcoming webinar! Join us on Wednesday, December 10, for the launch of the Indigenous Peoples and Just Energy Transition Report, a collaboration among the Alliance for a Just Energy Transformation, the World Wildlife Fund, and the FSC Indigenous Foundation.

Register here: lnkd.in/gj_d3uNd
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Sheep maintain vegetation at solar site adjacent to West Virginia coal plant
FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary Mon Power has brought sheep in to maintain vegetation at the solar site adjacent to the coal-powered Fort Martin Power
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December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Can California learn to let Native American fire practitioners burn freely?
Indigenous fire practices are slowly regaining wider acceptance in California, but the dream of burning freely based on the needs of the land is still a long way off.
www.latimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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A Backup Plan for the AI Boom
If it turns out to be a bubble, billions of dollars of energy assets will be on the line.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Chart: Solar and wind are meeting — and exceeding — new power demand
Through September, the two clean-energy sources outpaced growth in power demand. That trend needs to accelerate for the world to phase out fossil fuels.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM