Let us now praise rooftop solar: A tale from New England
Rooftop solar delivers benefits for the climate, the environment and consumers. New England is a prime example.
Tony
Dutzik
Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
Tony Dutzik is associate director and senior policy analyst with Frontier Group. His research and ideas on climate, energy and transportation policy have helped shape public policy debates across the U.S. and have earned coverage in outlets from National Public Radio to The New York Times and the Financial Times.
Prior to joining Frontier Group in 2001, Tony worked as an education reporter for the Eagle-Tribune newspaper of Lawrence, Mass., and as a political writer and organizer. Tony holds a Master’s degree in print journalism from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science in public service from Penn State University. A native of Pittsburgh, he now lives and works in Boston.
Notable reports authored by Tony include Electric Fleets for Arizona (2022), A New Way Forward (2016), and 50 Steps Toward Carbon-Free Transportation (2016).
Posts by Tony Dutzik
New resource: the United States’ worst climate polluters
No power plants that burn fossil fuels are good for the environment, but some are much worse than others. Frontier Group and Environment America have crunched the numbers to determine the top climate-polluting facilities in the United States.
Op-Ed: ‘Permitting reform’ can’t mean more fossil fuels
Some claim that "permitting reform" is needed to accelerate renewable energy growth. But it is just as likely to spur expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure. (In The Hill)
New report shows how repowering buildings with electricity has become an ideal option for cutting pollution and fossil fuel use
Electric technologies are ready to replace the fossil fuels that heat roughly three out of four American homes, according to a new report from Environment America Research & Policy Center, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group. However, critical barriers must be overcome to maximize the new technologies’ potential to cut pollution, the study notes.
