The Clean Energy Home Series (Part 3): What are Electric and Induction Cooktops?
The third blog in a series on how to electrify your home and transition to appliances that can run on renewable energy
Energy efficiency
Let’s stop wasting so much of the energy we create, and figure out new ways to be efficient and to conserve. That will equal big savings for our climate, our health and even our wallets.
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Statement: Clean schools program means cleaner, healthier future
Statement: Weatherization funding takes advantage of the ‘cleanest energy’
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Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Groups Call on Biden to Finalize Furnace Standards to Cut Pollution
New interactive dashboard documents renewable energy growth
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New report: North Carolina ranks 8th nationally for big box stores’ rooftop solar potential
Renewables on the Rise 2021
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New dashboard finds US wind, solar tripled over past decade
In 2021, America produced three times as much renewable electricity from the sun and the wind as in 2012.
The Clean Energy Home Series (Part 2): What is a heat pump water heater?
The second edition in a series on how to electrify your home and transition to appliances that can run on renewable energy
The Clean Energy Home Series (Part 1): What is a heat pump?
A series on how to electrify your home and transition to appliances that can run on renewable energy
Learning from the Texas freeze: How clean, local energy can build resilience
As the winter storm that hit Texas last February showed, our energy system is fragile, and when it fails lots of people suffer. But transitioning to renewable energy sources, strengthening the electric grid and enabling local generation and storage can all improve resilience.
Duke Energy-backed bill would lock North Carolina into dirty, dangerous fracked gas for decades
A bill drafted by Duke Energy behind closed doors with legislators was unveiled on Tuesday. The bill would mandate the construction of 3,500 megawatts of new fracked gas plants, locking North Carolina into dirty energy generation for decades. The bill also decreases utility transparency and allows Duke to increase customers’ rates for three consecutive years at a time, requires customers to pay a $50 million subsidy to Duke for a new nuclear reactor permit, and would leave customers paying billions for Duke’s bad investments.