Every state has room to improve on promoting community ownership of clean energy. Out of the 50 states + D.C., none received an A. Only one—Illinois—got a B. Just over half of states received a failing grade of F 🙃 Maria Virginia Olano w the Chart of the Week! canarymedia.com/articles/clean…

A new report by Climate Central tracks the meteoric growth of U.S. wind (below) and solar power installations. Check out Maria Virginia Olano's interactive charts showing those numbers state-by-state canarymedia.com/articles/clean…

We're starting the second week of our birthday donation drive with a bang 💥 Thanks to generous support from the Tidwell Idaho Foundation, the first $5,000 in gifts this week will be doubled, so a donation goes twice as far! Give to Canary Media here: bit.ly/43WA4Lk

A mountain of solar, storage & wind projects are waiting for permission to plug in. The interconnection queue is now ~double~ the size of the entire U.S. electrical grid. Maria Virginia Olano & Dan McCarthy with the Chart of the Week canarymedia.com/articles/trans…

🧵 Wondering what your favorite #climatetech journalists are reading over at Canary Media? Ahead of #EarthDay, add these clean energy and climate books to your list 📚👀⬇️

This is such an authoritative and sharp piece on the EPA's new power plant rules from Jeff St. John Even with the specter of a potential SCOTUS battle, these rules could do something incredible — force utilities to take clean energy seriously canarymedia.com/articles/polic…

As the U.S. electricity and transportation sectors start to decarbonize, heavy industry — including steel, cement & chemicals — could become the country's top source of planet-warming emissions by 2035. Maria Virginia Olano with the Chart of the Week! canarymedia.com/articles/emiss…

Renewable plus nuclear combined for almost 40% of global electricity generation in 2023, with solar growing like crazy: canarymedia.com/articles/clean… via Eric Wesoff

En Puerto Rico, la energía solar en techos se ha convertido en un salvavidas. Pero un desafío político por parte de una poderosa entidad gubernamental amenaza con frenar ese progreso, según los defensores locales de la energía solar. Yo + Maria Virginia Olano canarymedia.com/articles/solar…

Landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions in the U.S. As EPA works to update its (currently inadequate) rules for lowering landfill emissions, states like CA, MD, and WA can show the way, Keaton Peters reports for Canary Media canarymedia.com/articles/metha…

News cycle not fiery enough? 🤓 Let me tell you about Iceland's latest efforts to harness heat from scalding-hot rocks and churning magma chambers—the latest frontiers in geothermal energy development. My latest for Canary Media canarymedia.com/articles/geoth…

Aluminum is a key ingredient in clean energy tech. But the ubiquitous metal is very dirty to make. In my two-part Canary Media project, I look at the high-stakes quest to decarbonize this essential material. Today’s piece takes us to eastern Kentucky 1/ canarymedia.com/articles/clean…

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 The Canary Media editorial team is hiring a copy editor! Come help us make our clean energy journalism clearer, sharper, and typo-free. Job posting here: canarymedia.com/careers cc Writers of Color Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)

Back on the trail of ascendant US manufacturing for clean energy, here's my dispatch from #Michigan for Canary Media. MI is the top winner of new factory $$$ that also has a full-fledged strategy to use climate action to revive its industrial base canarymedia.com/articles/clean…

Canary Media is returning to the Bay Area! On Wednesday, November 13th, join us for an evening of expert insights, networking, drinks, and hors d'oeuvres with the climatetech community. Learn more about the event and get your ticket here: ow.ly/BYyf50THgOf

We need to secure the gird 🚨 Did you know that it's #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth? This Thursday, Oct. 10 at 2PM ET, join our free forum on energy cybersecurity. Experts from Microsoft, AEP and Eversource Energy discuss the latest threats and solutions ow.ly/lSz950THKtI

Do you love reading Canary? Do you have some ideas of how we could improve? Then we need your feedback! Take our reader survey here ➡️ ow.ly/wlul50TTrVb

The Canary Media team had a blast criss-crossing the Bay Area last week, punctuated by our Canary Live in Berkeley. Thanks to all our friends who joined us! Special thanks to our amazing lineup of speakers and sponsors. Check out the videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

December is crucial to Canary Media. It's when we ask for donations to help fulfill our vision in 2025. Below is a note I sent our subscribers about how we put donations to work. I hope you'll agree with our vision! If you do, please consider a gift. canarymedia.com/?form=donate

This is a big step for us as we expand our energy reporting into regions across the U.S.