Issue: Solar

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I’m headed to my 3rd New York City Climate Week in just a few days. This time around it seems that the question on everyone’s (and by “everyone” I mean frontline advocates) mind is how we message on climate change and clean energy in the current political climate. T

This article discusses the state of and paths to mitigate misengagement, or engagement processes that are insular, instrumental, abbreviated, and that hold a single objective for solar projects. Researchers discuss a framework for a more meaningful community engagement process called community-centered solar development (CCSD).

A poll of voters in August exploring Americans’ concerns about the cost of energy, their energy priorities, and their views on different energy types, growing energy demand, and the energy provisions in the OBBBA.

From our July 2025 study with The Alliance for Climate Transition (ACT), we found that residents in the US Northeast have little familiarity with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), but are intrigued by the technology when it is framed around improved electricity reliability and lower utility bills. However, those perceptions are endangered by concerns that BESS may endanger their homes or entail high upfront installation costs.