Mississippi

The road to electrifying heating and transportation in the United States is being mapped out by Electric Power Research Institute and The Brattle Group. Their forecasts show that different paths may yield a range of environmental, business and health benefits. Electrification could also stoke the fire of utility profits, which...

Patrick Kovarik.Getty Images took this photo for Fashionista. — (Photo by Patrick Kovarik for Getty Images in Fashionista, September 25, 2020.) Chanel once staged a fashion show with wind turbines. The author argues that assertive tax policy can make renewable wardrobes a fashion-forward investment.

The US, as the largest consumer and highest emitter of carbon per capita, bears a critical share of the responsibility to facilitate a transition to sustainable practices. This article lays out the rationale and a pathway for the US to incentivize the apparel industry’s decarbonization. I propose a preferential tariff...

Can these Louisiana workers find prosperity making offshore wind equipment? — Workers, investors and policymakers peer into the Gulf Coast's future. (Courtesy the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.)

Some have tried and none have managed to sync America’s clean energy ambitions with its fossil-based heritage through federal policy. The current administration is trying in many industries, including offshore wind manufacturing. That warrants a look at the Gulf Coast. Known as a longtime oil and gas cluster, the Gulf...

Renewables, storage and energy efficiency may get a stronger foothold in Mississippi after utility regulators last week took an unprecedented move to create a formal long-term energy planning process for the electric companies they regulate.

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.

Energy Efficiency:

Source: ACEEE

Buildings:
Score 0.50 / 9

Utilities:
Score 2.00 / 20

Transportation:
Score 0.50 / 12

Source: DSIRE

Energy Efficiency Programs:
31 Incentives and Policies

Solar Power:

Source: DSIRE

Renewable Energy Programs:
10 Incentives and Policies

Solar Energy Programs:
3 Incentives and Policies

Source: YPCCC

83%

of people in Mississippi support funding research into renewable energy sources in 2020.

(-3 of the national average)
(est. 1,877,645 of 2,268,455 adults)

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last updated 8/31/2021

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