Why Choose a Clean Energy Future?
We’re Celebrating the Passage of the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act! The House just voted to kick start a clean energy future for America by supporting investment in new technologies, better energy choices and lower costs. Scroll down and explore all the many ways that we can secure a cleaner, brighter future for our children and our planet.
Our Work in States
Our Work in States
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Long Island Solar Roadmap
A new report details how to advance clean energy development while safeguarding the places people value most. See Long Island's Opportunities
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Wisconsin's Renewable Energy Future
Wisconsin's businesses share challenges and opportunities in the transition to renewable energy. See how Wisconsin is transitioning to clean energy.
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Report Recommends Key Steps for Modernizing Maine's Electric Grid
A stakeholder group has issued a set of nine consensus-based recommendations for steps to plan, build, and operate the electric grid that is needed to meet Maine’s climate and energy requirements. See the story in Maine
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Choosing Clean Energy in Iowa
Group-purchasing programs are helping homeowners, businesses and farmers go solar in all of Iowa's 99 counties. See how Iowans joined together to make this happen.
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Choosing Clean Energy in Ohio
City and school officials in Ohio are tapping the potential of wind, solar, hydro and energy efficiency to save taxpayer dollars. See how their leadership has made a difference.
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Choosing Clean Energy in Pennsylvania
Advancing Clean Energy PA is an online community working to change the conversation surrounding clean energy, energy efficiency, and clean transportation. Join the conversation.
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Room for Renewables—If We Do It Right
By planning, siting and buying renewable energy right, we can get to a net-zero future—one in which people and nature thrive.
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Site Wind Right
To help accelerate the deployment of wind energy in a way that helps people and nature thrive, The Nature Conservancy is providing the award-winning Site Wind Right map.
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TNC and Transportation & Climate Initiative
TNC’s latest report is on how transportation policy investments could help reduce greenhouse gas pollution and improve the quality of life in rural communities.
Game Changers
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Six Pathways to a Clean and Green Energy Buildout
Accelerating clean energy development is critical—here’s how we do it the right way.
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Saying Yes, and... Smart Siting of Wind and Solar is a Game Changer
All-or-nothing thinking can stand in the way of solutions, particularly in light of the game changing practice of "smart siting."
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The Cost of Everything and the Value of Nothing
Renewables like solar and wind are often going to be the cheapest generation source compared to their fossil fuel counterparts.
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Making the Switch: Smart Technology and Grid Reform for the 21st Century
The Energy Department says $100 billion in public- and private-sector investment could fully modernize the U.S. power grid and save consumers $2 trillion.