
South Dakota, an unexpected leader in renewable energy
South Dakota quietly built one of the cleanest energy portfolios in the country, helping redefine what clean power looks like.
Clean, renewable energy is within our reach — all we have to do is seize the opportunities around us.
To live greener, healthier lives we need to be using less energy and getting more of our energy from renewable sources like the sun and the wind. The good news is that powering our lives with clean energy is getting easier every day, and the transition away from fossil fuels, toward an economy that runs on renewable energy, is picking up steam. Together we can accelerate the change.
South Dakota quietly built one of the cleanest energy portfolios in the country, helping redefine what clean power looks like.
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Since 2017, our research partners at Environment America Research & Policy Center have issued the annual “Renewables on the Rise” report to track and celebrate America’s progress on renewable energy.
It took our home...and it stole our natureSuzanne Franklin, Permian Basin Resident
If we're not looking to the future, even for our own children or grandchildren, then what do we have left today?Christa Mancias and Frankie Orona, Activists
What we need is enforcement of the existing rulesSarah Stogner , Attorney
There's stuff out there that probably won't clean up in my kids lifetime.Schuyler Wight, Rancher
The regulations in place to regulate oil and gas industry is in favor of the oil and gas and not in favor of the environment or the people.Neta Rhyne, Activist
The Charlotte Observer published Environment America President Wendy Wendlandt's op-ed about the growth of wind and solar power in the Great Plains and Southern U.S. states.
Media Clip ● The Charlotte Observer ●
In 2025, global investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency will top investments in fossil fuels, per a new report.
Utility-scale solar posts record growth in 2024; projected to supply most of the nation's increase in electricity generation in 2025 and 2026
U.S. taxpayers have spent millions of dollars to create and run ENERGY STAR. What have we gotten in return?
Interactive dashboard tracks clean energy growth in Texas over the past decade
Senior Director, Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy, Environment America
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