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It shouldn't make you start, but it is a start: in a University of Wyoming poll, 70 percent of Wyoming residents say developers should produce more fossil-free energy in their state. Many also favor exporting this energy.

The Virginia Clean Economy Act, narrowly passed by both chambers of the state legislature, sets one of the largest energy storage targets in the country at 2.4 GW by 2035 and pushes state regulators to devise a carbon dioxide cap and trade program that complies with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

Solar growth from the Virginia Clean Economy Act could create 29,500 direct solar jobs in Virginia, and tens of thousands of indirect jobs, according to a new study released today by a coalition of rooftop and shared solar companies and advocates.

North Carolina has emerged as the epicenter of the region’s fight over wood pellets, a popular substitute for coal in European power plants that critics say is making climate catastrophe worse, not better. Pressure from activists has garnered rhetorical gestures from Governor Roy Cooper against the international biomass trade, but state officials have continued to grant requests from Enviva, the world’s largest pellet maker, to expand production.

Governor Ralph Northam’s administration is exploring a possible alliance with the New York to finance projects.

Gov. Ralph Northam signed a budget barring Virginia from participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade program encompassing power plants in nine Northeastern states.

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.

The Green New Deal means different things to different people. In some ways, that’s part of its appeal. On the other hand, a Green New Deal can’t mean anything anyone wants it to, or it will come to mean nothing at all.

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Moving the Mountain: More Than Two-Thirds of Wyoming Poll Respondents Want More Renewables

Virginia Approves 100% Clean Energy Legislation, Pushing State Toward 2.4 GW Storage, RGGI

Study Shows Virginia Clean Economy Act Could Create 29,500 Local Solar Jobs

With Looming Loss of European Subsidy, Wood Pellet Industry Faces Turning Point

Virginia Looks to New York Green Bank for Possible Clean Energy Financing

Virginia Won't Cap CO2 with 9 Other States — for Now

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

5 Things to Look for in the Green New Deal