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"In Washington and many other states, we are using innovation and cooperation to grow jobs and protect the planet. As Washington’s governor, I know firsthand the obstacles states face when they respond to increasingly devastating floods, wildfires, and earthquakes, and other catastrophes made worse by a changing climate."

"The way Westar Energy runs its coal plants in Kansas unnecessarily costs consumers millions of dollars a year through an obscure, if common, practice known as self-committing generation."

On June 26th, Governor Janet Mills signed new legislation to broaden customer access to net metering (known in Maine as net energy billing) and to promote distributed energy generation, including through competitive procurements for long-term contracts with the state’s transmission and distribution utilities.

A study examining the impact on property values where commercial wind farms have gone up in Kansas found no statistically significant changes in aggregate rural home values in a county within the three years of a wind development.

In January 2019, the District of Columbia passed the most ambitious clean energy legislation in the nation. However, local climate activists say the hard work is just beginning — they want to know who will lead the DC and whether the law will benefit the least-privileged residents of the District.

Some residents are concerned about environmental impacts from proposed transmission lines.

More than a dozen states are adopting “community solar” programs that are bringing solar power and lower energy bills to low-income households from New York to California.

The Green New Deal that some Democrats are now championing is unlike anything this country has ever done before. But scientists have been studying policies like these for decades. And their research can tell us a bit about what might happen if we pass this sweeping new vision for climate action and economic equality.

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How States Are Leading on Climate Action

Report: Kansas Utilities Run Coal Plants Year-Round Even Though It Costs Ratepayers Millions

Maine Enacts New Law to Encourage Net Metering and Long-Term Contracts for Distributed Generation

Study: Wind Farms Don't Appear to Impact a County's Aggregate Rural Home Values

DC Passed the Most Ambitious Clean Energy Law in the U.S. Now What?

Effort to Trade Gas for Hydropower in Northeast Meets Resistance

Energy Equity: Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Communities

Will the Green New Deal Work? Here's What the Research Says