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U.S. clean power giants to join forces to build lobbying muscle

by Brian Eckhouse, Bloomberg Highlights A new lobbying organization named the American Clean Power Association has formed in order to advocate for more renewable policies The country’s top wind power trade group is teaming up with some big-name energy groups such as NextEra Energy, Avangrid, and Berkshire Hathaway Energy to form this association The renewables … Read more

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Renewable-energy spending likely to surpass oil and gas for the first time ever in 2021

by Ben Winck, Business Insider Highlights Goldman Sachs reports that renewable energy investments will be a quarter of all energy spending in 2021, surpassing investment in oil and gas If the United States aims to meet climate standards that result in less than 2 degrees Celsius of warming, the transition into renewable energy will create … Read more

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The U.S. can get to 90% clean electricity in just 15 years

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by Adele Peters, Fast Company Highlights A new report from UC Berkeley shows that the falling price of renewable energy can result in the U.S. using 90% clean energy by 2035, ultimately transitioning to 100% renewable energy by 2045. Adding new clean energy infrastructure could add up to 570,000 new jobs each year The Internation … Read more

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Rhode Island becomes the first US state to commit to 100% renewables by 2030

by Carolyn Fortuna, Clean Technica, January 20, 2020 Highlights: The littlest state in the US has set the biggest goals for renewable energy.  Democratic governor Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island signed an executive order this month calling for an end to fossil fuel dependence in Rhode Island by 2030 The governor outlined her goal of … Read more