… New Deal can crowd in private capital. In this update of a Financing and Deploying Clean Energy policy memo, the sustainability director for Ithaca, NY explains the holistic economic and energy-justice strategy driving the city's … update of a Financing and Deploying Clean Energy policy memo, the sustainability director for Ithaca, NY explains the holistic economic and energy-justice strategy driving the city's …
… lockdowns were still only happening overseas and states were the only serious partners for renewable developers. Now, New Jersey is moving forward on transmission investment- making Fiordaliso's cheery appeals to the next … willing to recruit ratepayers to reach policy goals. 7388 Joseph Fiordaliso on New Jersey's Energy Master Plan (Updated as the Plan Moves Forward in '21) … Alec Appelbaum … When we …
… Look behind the dominant curve, on which solar power becomes cheaper to supply while corporate commitments, voters' priorities and scientific data goose demand forsolar. You'll see that too many people find themselves locked out of the solar market or barred from influencing its direction. Two speakers- one entrepreneur and one scholar/activist- …
… In a recent discussion with CBEY as part of its Blueprint for Clean Energy webinar series, Dr. Dan Kammen highlighted climate justice as one of the most … can solve climate change without making it a justice issue,” he cautioned. 7628 When Aiming for "Better," Says Expert, It's Best to Focus on Delivering Justice … Tyler Clevenger … In a …
… complicate things, reckon with the costs to insure utilities in the same territory. In California, nobody from the insurers who won't market to some homes to the state officials capping insurance … has fashioned a workable solution. Here's a look at the problem set in an ongoing search for security. 7623 Unsurance: California Homeowners and Utilities Face Off With Fire … Kevin …
… The case for joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which Pennsylvania's governor embraced … market discipline to achieve policy goals for broad decarbonization. In this example from the policy-memo segment of our online Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, our writer argues for running participation through another set of metrics. …
… Krisztina Pjecska’s been advancing on a mission to extend solarenergy’s reach, to the point that she and her colleagues at Sol Systems have started … It’s also become harder to site and insure. 7388 Sites and Insights: Sol Systems Grows Before Your Eyes … Alec Appelbaum … Krisztina Pjecska’s been advancing on a mission to extend …
… as analogous to "political will." It's necessary and it's rarely possible to summon it from scratch. In the Southwest, though, a private enterprise has pushed forward on work to deliver renewable power from a windy swath of New Mexico to the ravenous reaches of California. The company, SunZia, offers lessons in long-term financing and budgeting- and in …
… Nothing succeeds like exceeding. In this policy memo, which she wrote as part of coursework for the certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy, attorney Joan Beckner makes a nonpartisan argument for delivering all of Texas' energyfrom clean sources by 2050. The memo Beckner wrote for her class includes over thirty … the sources. The logic here can guide debate in any of the dozens of states where wind, solar and hydro look more affordable and more urgent than ever. Texas-Sized Targets: A …
… How does a farmer with no desire to keep growing crops become a catalyst for financial value and land preservation? The Washington Farmland Trust worked with a farmer at the end of his career to craft a financial package that would keep his land from developers, sustain ecosystem services, and set forth a model for generating impact-investment participation in land preservation around …