Just one solar project has been approved on federal lands since Trump took office in January, and none have been permitted since July when Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered
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Local governments across the U.S. are blocking new clean energy plants. See the best locations for wind and solar power, and where it''s being stopped.
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One-quarter of all counties in the continental United States have restrictions in place targeting the development of wind, solar, or battery storage. Nearly a third of these communities are
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration will not approve solar or wind power projects, even as electricity demand is outpacing the supply in some parts of the U.S.
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The extra layer of scrutiny for wind and solar contrasts with actions by the Trump administration to make it easier and cheaper for companies to produce oil, coal, gas and nuclear power.
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Local governments throughout the Midwest and Great Plains have moved to restrict such projects in recent years. As the number of wind and solar farms increases, so does opposition in the
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Across America''s power grid, there''s a growing gap between what we need and what we''ll allow. As the planet warms and climate disasters grow more costly, the U.S. has set a target to reach
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In 2023, the U.S. electric power sector produced 4,017 billion kilowatthours (kWh) of electric power. Renewable sources—wind, solar, hydro, biomass, and geothermal—accounted for
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Local governments across the U.S. are blocking new clean energy plants. See the best locations for wind and solar power, and where it''s being
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Local restrictions have been applied to distributed and to utility-scale projects; to wind and to solar; and include ordinances that apply blanket bans or moratoria on project construction. This memo surveys
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Paradoxically, the states most likely to do this are some that would greatly benefit from solar power, like Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. This article will list all the states with the largest
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