Catawba College Becomes First Campus in North Carolina — and the Southeast — to go Carbon Neutral
The small, private liberal arts school is among just 13 colleges in the country to achieve net-zero so far. Catawba College, a tiny liberal arts school 40 miles northeast of Charlotte, just announced a big milestone: its carbon footprint is now zero. The private college becomes the first campus in the Southeast and the 13th in the […]
“Handshake Activism” Won’t Defuse the Climate Emergency
We need to mobilize many more people from all walks of life, say climate activists Kumi Naidoo and Luisa Neubauer. If a historian were charting the climate movement, she’d probably set its highwater mark so far as September of 2019, when something like 7 million people, most of them young, took to the streets of […]
Italy Is Fighting Energy Poverty — and Climate Change
Renewable energy communities provide a blueprint for a fairer green energy transition. San Giovanni a Teduccio is a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Italy. Once an industrial center, today it’s home to abandoned factories that sit in ruins by the sea. But the rooftop of a former orphanage points to new beginnings for […]
Rural America Gets $315 Million for Cleaner, More Affordable Energy
One-sixth of U.S. households are in rural communities. The Biden administration wants to help modernize their grids, invest in renewables, and improve the efficiency of their homes. One-sixth of U.S households are in rural communities, where people often pay a larger share of their income for electricity. Reliability can be spotty, and investment in decarbonization […]
In Puerto Rico, Advocates Want the Clean Energy Revolution to be Local
As the U.S. government pledges $1 billion to develop solar power, local leaders push back on utility-scale arrays and point to a community microgrid as an example of the future they want to see. The U.S. Department of Energy has committed $1 billion to develop solar energy in Puerto Rico, to help the island meet […]