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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 26/09/2025
📊“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...
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 25/09/2025
📣“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...
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 24/09/2025
🔔“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...
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 17/09/2025
“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" 📌Source: tinyurl.com/u6pzye5j
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 15/09/2025
📣 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...
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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 · 15/09/2025
📚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...
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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 · 15/09/2025
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...
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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 · 12/09/2025
🔔 “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...
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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 · 11/09/2025
📣 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.” 📍Source: tinyurl.com/y2hxt349
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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 · 05/09/2025
🔔 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
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 02/09/2025
🔔“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.” 🔗Source: tinyurl.com/3b5jbfey
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 28/08/2025
Check out our new Siting Solutions Project legislative insight report in‪ @latitudemedia.bsky.social @maeveallsup.bsky.social www.latitudemedia.com/news/mapping...
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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 · 27/08/2025
🔔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 · 25/08/2025
🔔 Learn more in our latest report 👉 tinyurl.com/3pms3zkc
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 22/08/2025
📣“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
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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 · 22/08/2025
🔔Read more in our latest report 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3pms3zkc
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 18/08/2025
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/
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 12/08/2025
🔔 “[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...”♻️ 🔗Source: tinyurl.com/368k6c65
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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 · 01/08/2025
“The Ohio Power Siting Board approved construction of the 120-megawatt Frasier Solar project ☀️ late last month despite local groups’ organizing efforts.” 📍Source: tinyurl.com/5fmtfd7z
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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 · 21/07/2025
🌱“Six Northland projects received grants for clean energy projects in the latest round of the Minnesota State Competitiveness Fund.” 🔗Source: tinyurl.com/6f4uuzz6
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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 · 15/07/2025
📣“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.” 📍Source: tinyurl.com/3r3dyb7j
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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 · 11/07/2025
"“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 📍Source: tinyurl.com/4kr8566p "
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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 · 07/07/2025
"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 Read more 👇
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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 · 03/07/2025
👀 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
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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 · 02/07/2025
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
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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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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 02/07/2025
Ohio Power Siting Board approves Knox County solar project ☀️, Frasier Solar, involving 250,000 panels on 800 acres of farmland in Miller, Clinton, and Mount Vernon townships. 🌿 Source: tinyurl.com/49m24x2z
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Much-debated Knox County solar project receives state approval
Frasier Solar will put solar panels on about 800 acres of disconnected farmland in Miller and Clinton townships and in Mount Vernon.
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 27/06/2025
Illinois launches clean energy training programs on Chicago’s West Side to develop residents for careers in solar energy. Source: tinyurl.com/4rp3rb9d
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Clean energy job training offers hope to hundreds: ‘It’s changed my life’
Illinois residents are benefiting from a long-awaited network of clean energy job training hubs established under the state’s ambitious 2021 Climate and Equitable Jobs Act.
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 26/06/2025
What we’re watching 👀: Acceleration Solar, a 90 MW and 800+ acre project, will be the first to advance through Michigan’s state siting process, which was created through PA 233 in 2023. Source: tinyurl.com/jftwythp
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‘We’re the guinea pigs’: Solar farm is first in Michigan to go to state for approval
A controversial law passed by Democrats to speed renewable energy development allows sprawling wind and solar farms to bypass local rules that can restrict projects.
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 26/06/2025
“Companies like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have increasingly moved toward an ‘all-of-the-above’ energy strategy,” said Evan Chapman, SR. director of policy at Clean Tomorrow. Read more how the current AI boom effects renewable energy advancements → tinyurl.com/53uybz5n
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AI’s energy appetite exposes a renewables rift in Washington
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 26/06/2025
“The Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan (VCIP), developed by Golden State Clean Energy... in collaboration with the Westlands Water District, is a master-planned transmission and renewable energy project located in Fresno County.” Source: tinyurl.com/53zv76bb
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Long-term energy project could bring relief to California ratepayers, reclaim farmland
A major clean energy and infrastructure project planned for California’s Central Valley could reduce electricity costs, create thousands of jobs, and breathe new life into fallowed agricultural land. ...
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 06/06/2025
Massachusetts has enacted an ambitious energy storage mandate, requiring investor-owned utilities to secure 5,000 MW of storage by 2030, aiming to modernize the grid and fully integrate renewable energy. Source: tinyurl.com/5xy2ba4p
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Massachusetts Bets Big on 5,000 MW of Energy Storage by 2030 to Lead the Clean Energy Push
Massachusetts' energy storage mandate requires investor-owned utilities to secure 5,000 megawatts (MW) of storage by 2030.
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 04/06/2025
“... [T]o maximize our investment, government bodies from Congress to local zoning boards must commit to breaking down barriers that are preventing infrastructure progress.” Read U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley’s op-ed on modernizing America’s infrastructure → tinyurl.com/msryvrwm
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It’s time to accelerate modernizing America’s infrastructure
There’s an old saying about America’s transportation system, “if it rolls, floats, or flies, it comes through Chicago.”
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 03/06/2025
ICYMI: Check out our Founder and CEO, Lindsey Baxter Griffith, on Fox 5 DC's "The Final 5 with Jim Lokay,” discussing the negative impact President Trump’s proposed “Big Beautiful Bill” could have on the United States’ clean energy advantages in the future. → tinyurl.com/3uxp7djb
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"Big Beautiful Bill" could have major impact on clean energy investments and jobs: expert
Clean energy advocates are warning that President Trump’s proposed “Big Beautiful Bill” could undo years of clean energy investment spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act, potentially ending key tax c...
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 23/05/2025
Our CEO & Founder, Lindsey Baxter Griffith, speaking with fellow panelists at yesterday’s Clean Energy Transition Conference.
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 22/05/2025
11 Columbia University grad students completed a capstone project on behalf of our org, detailing policy mechanisms for clean energy projects, aiming to deliver economic benefits to communities through clean energy projects. Read our full blog here - tinyurl.com/yax2dd6w
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Columbia University Report Details Policy Mechanisms for Delivering Economic Benefits of Clean Energy Projects — Clean Tomorrow
The report, developed by graduating Master’s Students from the School of International and Public Affairs on behalf of Clean Tomorrow as their client,
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 20/05/2025
"Programmatic reviews are not a silver bullet. But they can be a powerful tool to accelerate clean energy deployment if backed by clear authority, designed around market realities, and implemented on a firm timeline." Check out Nikki Chiappa's newest blog - tinyurl.com/muj2ch7n
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 19/05/2025
Find out more from Clean Tomorrow’s new Siting Policy Insight Report here → tinyurl.com/mr37jpsf
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 16/05/2025
Check out Clean Tomorrow’s new Siting Policy Insight Report to learn more about the rules dictating clean energy development here → tinyurl.com/mr37jpsf
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 16/05/2025
Pittsburgh International Airport, in collaboration with DLC and IMG Energy Solutions, is expanding its solar field with 11,216 high-efficiency panels, aiming to generate 4.7 megawatts of clean electricity and reduce carbon emissions. Source: tinyurl.com/4v6bhnwy
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Pittsburgh Airport expands solar field for clean energy
Pittsburgh International Airport expands solar capacity, reducing carbon emissions and supporting regional clean energy initiatives.
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Alexander C. Kaufman @alexckaufman.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
My latest newsletter has the exclusive on new siting report data from @cleantomorrow.org. At least 31 states are considering reforms to siting renewable energy after upward of 15% of U.S. counties passed local ordinances restricting wind and solar development. Subscribe at kaufman.substack.com:
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FIELD NOTES from Alexander C. Kaufman | Substack
Original reporting and on-the-ground analysis on energy, geopolitics, and getting by in a hotter world. Click to read FIELD NOTES from Alexander C. Kaufman, a Substack publication with thousands of su...
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 15/05/2025
Want to stay up-to-date on all things clean energy siting policy? Check out Clean Tomorrow’s full Siting Policy Insight Report here → tinyurl.com/mr37jpsf
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 15/05/2025
"What this bill will do is reduce the availability of energy, increase costs for energy that's coming on the grid, and make it more difficult to pull innovative American technologies that will produce clean energy." - Sr. Director of Policy Evan Chapman. tinyurl.com/2vf6wxxe
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Republicans propose gutting Biden climate bill for Trump tax cuts
The heart of the Republican budget legislation targets key climate and energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 15/05/2025
"Falkenburg said the report aims to guide states on the pathways to speed up construction of the energy sources that – once approved – typically take the shortest amount of time to get electrons on the grid.” Read @alexckaufman.bsky.social exclusive on our new report -https://tinyurl.com/y2u66994
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At least 31 states consider overhauling renewable energy siting
EXCLUSIVE: As Trump’s agenda pushes clean-energy plans back to the states, a new report highlights ways forward.
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 13/05/2025
“Other countries are rapidly scaling up investments in green steel, green cement, low-carbon manufacturing... Without a clear strategy here, we risk falling behind.” - Lindsey Baxter Griffith CEO and Founder of Clean Tomorrow. Read more → tinyurl.com/bddk4zxr
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Republican Budget Bill Aims to End I.R.A. Clean Energy Boom
The party’s signature tax plan would kill most Biden-era incentives, but there’s a sticking point: G.O.P. districts have the most to lose.
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 13/05/2025
"If we're really serious about the innovation pipeline, we should be trying to rebuild the staff and capacity of the Department of Energy right now." - Lindsey Baxter Griffith, CEO of Clean Tomorrow, and a former congressional and DOE staffer. Read more → tinyurl.com/3uknf7jb
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💵 Energy: House starts cutting
House Energy and Commerce's reconciliation plan
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 05/05/2025
“We need that commercial muscle in our federal apparatus to be able to actually innovate technologies and then bring them to market to stay competitive" Lindsey Baxter Griffith, Clean Tomorrow CEO & Founder. Read more → tinyurl.com/9b2pwefw
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Policy, tax uncertainty holding back US clean energy development
Clean energy policy experts gathered at DC Climate Week said that the current uncertainty around the U.S. tax and tariff environment is inhibiting the market.
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 02/05/2025
Ford Motor Company's clean energy agreement with DTE Energy funded a 100 megawatt solar project in Michigan, aiming to transition 100% of its assembly plant electricity to renewable energy by 2026. Source: tinyurl.com/bcc6xytz
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DTE Energy breaks ground on 100 megawatt solar panel project north of Quincy
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - Even though excavating work already underway, the ceremonial groundbreaking was held Tuesd...
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 01/05/2025
“We need to build and innovate on clean energy like we’re in an emergency.”- Clean Tomorrow’s CEO and Founder, Lindsey Baxter Griffith at this year’s DC Climate Week’s Energy for a New Era panel
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 01/05/2025
Want to stay up-to-date with all things #cleanenergy? Check out our Siting Solutions Project monthly newsletter that identifies national trends in renewable energy siting legislation and profiles key bills to watch. Read April’s latest edition here → tinyurl.com/2f7b29fx
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The State of Siting | April 2025 — Clean Tomorrow
This Siting Solutions Project monthly newsletter identifies national trends in renewable energy siting legislation and profiles key bills to watch.
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Clean Tomorrow @cleantomorrow.org · 01/05/2025
“Clean energy innovation isn’t just about developing new technologies – it’s about building the institutional knowledge, workforce skills, and collaborative networks that make commercialization possible.” Read more in our recent report in collaboration with Third Way → tinyurl.com/yuac2kka
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Energy Innovation at a Crossroads: Why FY25 Funding Is Just the Beginning  — Clean Tomorrow
The recently signed Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (FY25 CR) offers a snapshot of America's commitment to energy innovation
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