Tony Webster / Flickr / Creative Commons An Xcel Energy natural gas pipeline marker. A coalition of 10 environmental groups is trying to change the perception that natural gas is cheap or clean. With a billion-dollar gas-fired power plant proposal on the horizon, a new campaign in Minnesota is attempting to shift public opinion on the fuel by highlighting its ties to fracking … [Read more...] about Minnesota groups highlight financial and environmental risks of natural gas
Study: Solar can hurt home values if it displaces scarce suburban greenspace
The analysis by University of Rhode Island researchers found an average 5% decline in home values after solar projects replaced farms or forests in high-density suburbs. One of the most comprehensive studies to date on how solar projects affect housing values suggests that siting large arrays on suburban greenspace can harm home values within a 1-mile radius. The new … [Read more...] about Study: Solar can hurt home values if it displaces scarce suburban greenspace
Michigan officials look to state forests as an offset for carbon emissions
Skeptics worry the plan will give polluters an inexpensive and imprecise option to meet future emission targets. Michigan’s forests annually soak up millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide, converting car and power plant pollution into wood, soil and other biomass. State officials are now embarking on a pilot program to quantify and monetize that value as the state … [Read more...] about Michigan officials look to state forests as an offset for carbon emissions
Ohio healthcare professionals join call for HB 6 repeal
The clinicians’ group sees clean energy standards as a key part of addressing climate change and its disparate health impacts. A statewide group of healthcare clinicians has joined the list of those calling for a swift repeal of the Ohio coal and nuclear bailout law at the center of an alleged dark money conspiracy. Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action is especially … [Read more...] about Ohio healthcare professionals join call for HB 6 repeal
As policing and pandemic dominate election, climate pushed to back burner
stpaulgirl / Flickr / Creative Commons The Minnesota Statehouse in St. Paul. Minnesota candidates haven’t pressed climate or clean energy despite rising temperatures and voter interest. State Sen. Jason Rarick co-sponsored a rare bipartisan energy bill this spring that sought to expand and improve Minnesota’s state energy conservation program. The proposal … [Read more...] about As policing and pandemic dominate election, climate pushed to back burner