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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Penobscot Nation has regained 11,297 acres of ancestral land, completing the first phase of a planned return of more than 30,000 acres. tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/rea...
tribalbusinessnews.com
Penobscot Nation regains 11,297 acres in first phase of major land return
The Penobscot Nation has regained 11,297 acres near Katahdin as partners pursue a $32.5 million effort to return more than 30,000 acres.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
pv-magazine-usa.com
Global PV additions forecast to reach 638 GW in 2026  - pv magazine USA
Analysis by Intertek CEA adds that structural oversupply is severe and persistent, with manufacturing capacity across all stages exceeding projected 2026 demand by wide margins.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
ictnews.org
Tribes push back on federal plan for Colorado River water cuts - ICT
Interior Department Friday announce steep reductions for lower basin state, tribes say they were not given proper consideration
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
youtube.com
ICT NEWSCAST | August 21, 2026| Tribes turn to ancestral knowledge for health
Watch the newscast every week https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1X00FG69feXYF-T05kXOCOwJjH5oPoIW The ICT Newscast for Friday, August 21, 2026, covers Native nations reclaiming the traditions…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
ictnews.org
Standing Rock anniversary event will feature clean energy awards - ICT
The People of the Sun event, which will take place September 16-18 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, will focus on Indigenous energy sovereignty and draw celebrities such as Mark Ruffalo, Shailene…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
canarymedia.com
Solar delivers as Europe’s power plants struggle amid heat and drought
Extreme weather spiked power demand just as nuclear, gas, and coal plants had to reduce their output. Solar and batteries helped keep people cool.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
pv-magazine-usa.com
Maryland signs agreement for power produced on reclaimed coal mine - pv magazine USA
Electricity from the Jade Meadow Solar III project in Western Maryland will double the amount of renewable energy currently purchased directly by the state through long-term power purchase agreements.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
insideclimatenews.org
Proposed Data Centers Could Use More Electricity Than All Alabama Homes Combined, Analysis Shows. Who Will Pay? - Inside Climate News
Alabama Power has guaranteed that residents’ power bills won’t increase as a result. Can the state’s largest utility keep its promise?
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
tribalbusinessnews.com
Havasupai begins $7M broadband buildout across Grand Canyon reservation
The Havasupai Tribe has begun a $7 million broadband project connecting homes, tribal facilities and tourism sites across its Grand Canyon reservation.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
axios.com
Texas welcomed the AI boom. Now Abbott says data centers "dug their own grave"
The backlash has become a political threat.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/vatican-build-100-million-renewable-energy-plant-sources-say-2026-08-22
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
tribalbusinessnews.com
Q+A: Eric Mahroum on DOE’s push to advance 450 tribal energy projects
Q+A: DOE Indian Energy Director Eric Mahroum discusses permitting, technical assistance and funding as the office targets 450 tribe-led energy projects by 2030.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
microgridknowledge.com
How Behind-the-Meter Power May Ease the Grid Crisis
With grid delays stretching up to 10 years, large scale data centers and advanced manufacturing facilities are looking closer to home for power.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
pv-magazine-usa.com
Solar projects find new sources of financing through VPPAs and ‘high-impact’ RECs - pv magazine USA
REC marketplace Ever.green looks to recruit new communities of solar supporters, such as online gamers.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
scientificamerican.com
How solar became the cheapest form of energy in the world
Here are four reasons solar energy has seen a meteoric rise in recent years
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
canarymedia.com
Solar and storage still dominate US power plant construction
Despite Trump’s attacks on renewables, it’s the same old story so far this year: The U.S. is building lots of solar and storage and a little bit of…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
solarpowerworldonline.com
SunShare energizes two community solar gardens in New Mexico
SunShare and CSolPower, a local community solar company, have completed two community solar gardens in New Mexico. The 6-MW Juniper Sol Community Solar
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
nytimes.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/magazine/national-blackout-power-electricity-outage.html
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
solarpowerworldonline.com
What can Tesla really make in a $10 billion solar factory?
The big Tesla news this week surrounds the company's request for property-tax breaks for siting a $10.1 billion solar factory -- "Project Crystal Sun" --
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
pv-magazine-usa.com
Researchers model 1,708 pathways for global PV waste recycling - pv magazine USA
New research finds that optimized, outsourced PV recycling could cut up to 3.32 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent and generate as much as $935.5 billion in net benefits by 2060. The researchers…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
pv-magazine-usa.com
The dual benefits of dual-use solar - pv magazine USA
Agrivoltaics helps keep farmland profitable while contributing to energy to help meet the growing demand.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
solarpowerworldonline.com
New Jersey greenlights 16 agrivoltaics projects on local farms
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) voted to award 16 projects totaling 52.06 MW in the first solicitation of its Dual-Use Pilot Agrivoltaics
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
tribalbusinessnews.com
Hoopa Valley Tribe opens data center to support broadband expansion
The Hoopa Valley Tribe has opened a new data center that will serve as an operational hub for its expanding fiber broadband network in Northern California.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
tribalbusinessnews.com
Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on tribal lands
Cherokee Nation banned hyperscale data centers on tribal and trust lands following a task force review that raised concerns over energy, water, infrastructure and cultural resources.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
politico.com
How $600B of Biden’s clean energy funding escaped Trump’s cuts
A POLITICO analysis finds that while the administration wiped out hundreds of billions in clean-energy tax breaks, spending has been harder to unwind.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
tribalbusinessnews.com
Middletown Rancheria steps toward tribal utility with $3.7M solar project
Middletown Rancheria has begun construction on a $3.7 million solar project, the first step toward a planned tribal utility and microgrid.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
solarpowerworldonline.com
Northwest Ohio community saves land space by siting solar project on reservoir
It's only Wednesday, and it's already been a week of wild weather that won't soon be forgotten in Ohio. Intense thunderstorms have reached every corner of
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
pv-magazine-usa.com
U.S. battery storage capacity grows 70% annually over the past three years - pv magazine USA
National operational storage reached 52 GW in June 2026, with developers planning another 54 GW of capacity through 2028, according to the latest EIA data.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
pv-magazine-usa.com
Subsidies aside, DOE targets $0.03 per kWh solar to undercut fossil fuels by 2030 - pv magazine USA
As part of the Sunshot 2030 initiative, the U.S. Department of Energy is aiming to drive unsubsidized utility-scale photovoltaic generation down to $0.03 per kilowatt-hour by 2030, a 50% cost drop…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
solarpowerworldonline.com
California surpasses 21 GW of energy storage connected to grid
California has installed more than 21 GW of energy storage across the state, making it one of the largest battery fleets in the world, said the California
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
canarymedia.com
Trump launched big new solar tariffs. Here's what it means.
The cost of installing solar panels will rise. But now the U.S. has a large and fast-growing solar manufacturing industry to take advantage of the trade…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
pv-magazine-usa.com
Sunset of ITC means solar PPAs will do more heavy lifting - pv magazine USA
Off-takers’ budgets will determine how renewables stack up against other sources, said a report from Enervus.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
tribalbusinessnews.com
Appeals court blocks EPA from canceling $20B climate grant program
A federal appeals court left in place a court order blocking EPA from canceling $20 billion in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund awards, including about $1.5 billion expected to support tribal and…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
solarpowerworldonline.com
Washington, D.C., water district installs 1.8-MW system through Solar for All program
Washington, D.C.'s water district DC Water has completed a 1.8-MW solar installation on its Brentwood Reservoir property. Through the Solar for All
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
canarymedia.com
Trump is blocking billions of dollars of grants that would fix the…
The Department of Energy has canceled or stalled funding for thousands of projects that would improve the country’s stressed grid — and not just in blue…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
pv-magazine-usa.com
Trump signs Section 232 tariffs, placing minimum import price on polysilicon imports - pv magazine USA
Following a Section 232 investigation into polysilicon and its derivatives, the White House has announced plans to implement a 15% tariff on polysilicon imports to the United States, along with price…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
pv-magazine-usa.com
Floating PV systems may face lower humidity stress than ground-mounted counterparts - pv magazine USA
Researchers found that floating PV systems do not necessarily experience higher humidity-induced stress than ground-mounted systems, with climate conditions and system design often playing a larger…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
ictnews.org
Nearly 70 Indigenous candidates to watch in August primaries - ICT
Close to a dozen states with Indigenous candidates vying for public office in August #NativeVote26
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
tribalbusinessnews.com
California approves $25M loan for Quartz Valley landback deal
California approved a $25 million zero-interest loan to help the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation acquire nearly 40,000 acres of ancestral land in the Klamath River Basin.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
bloomberg.com
Solar’s Boom in Europe Is Reaching Places Once Deemed Too Dark
For decades, Europe’s renewable energy map looked straightforward: solar was mostly used in the sunny south, while the north relied on wind. But plunging equipment costs and higher electricity prices…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
canarymedia.com
PJM’s big new data center plan: Make the states figure it out
Grid operator PJM wants states and utilities to hold data centers responsible for buying their own power — or risk being cut off from grid service.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
sltrib.com
Utah produced more power from solar than any other source in May, marking a new first
“Wind plus solar is on a tear right now,” said Utah climate scientist Logan Mitchell. “We may have achieved liftoff.”
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
axios.com
How extreme weather is shaping tomorrow's electric grid
Every heat wave is becoming a stress test for tomorrow's electric grid.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#CleanEnergy for the win!
pv-magazine-usa.com
Clean energy offers least-cost path to meeting electricity demand, says report - pv magazine USA
Choosing a clean energy pathway to meeting electricity demand in 2030 would cost $5 billion less than meeting the demand with fossil fuels, according to a recent study by Electricity and Energy…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#Agrivoltaics: a win-win!
canarymedia.com
New York takes on the myth that solar is swallowing farmland
As the White House and viral influencers push misleading info about solar, New York says the facts show the clean energy source and agriculture can thrive…
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
yaleclimateconnections.org
New Mexico’s clean energy success story » Yale Climate Connections
In just five years, solar, wind, and batteries overtook fossil fuels, keeping air conditioners running while slashing pollution.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
news.cornell.edu
Solar’s threat to NYS agriculture may be overstated | Cornell Chronicle
New York state farmers with solar leases say they’ll use the added revenue to invest in their farms, with many stating they don't plan to change their agricultural practices at all.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
tribalbusinessnews.com
Reporter's Notebook: The game-changing tax credits that never changed the game
The Inflation Reduction Act promised to transform tribal energy finance. Confusing rules and political change meant many tribes never got the chance.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
canarymedia.com
California was mostly solar-powered in May — a global first
No major economy had previously received over half its electricity from solar across an entire month. Thank the mild, sunny spring weather, and batteries.
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Seneca Environmental @senecaenviron.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
pv-magazine-usa.com
U.S. solar module assembly prices stabilize as trade cases and ownership shifts shake supply chains - pv magazine USA
Median solar module assembly pricing in the United States held steady at $0.30 per watt as Chinese manufacturers divested U.S. manufacturing assets to clear Foreign Entity of Concern guidelines and…
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