US climate law introduces billion-dollar ‘game-changer’ for nonprofits
Direct payments to cities, tribes, nonprofits and other entities that don’t pay taxes could dramatically expand clean energy growth and boost community ownership.
Tribal Energy Equity Summit will spark historic conversation with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
This May, the Tribal Energy Equity Summit will bring tribal leaders and federal agencies together to discuss how to make an increasingly prominent transition to clean energy on a mass scale fair and just for Indian County.
2023 Energy Predictions: IRA Spurs Clean Energy Boom, Electric Trucks Accelerate, Battery Demand Surges, EPA Cuts Power Sector Pollution
2022 was arguably the most important year in United States climate action: Landmark federal legislation and pro-climate state elections have paved the way for a clean energy boom in every corner of the country.
Climate law boost for renewables hits barrier on tribal lands
The climate law enacted this year lifted a long-standing financial barrier for Native American tribes seeking to build and own their own clean energy projects. But the boost for energy development in Indian Country has an infrastructure problem: It could be many years before tribes can connect solar and wind projects to the power grid.
Seeking tribal sovereignty through solar
A group of Midwestern Native American “solar warriors” is working to help tribes break cycles of energy poverty and what they call “colonial exploitation” with access to locally controlled, low-cost renewable power. Recently rebranded the Indigenized Energy Initiative (IEI), they serve as a kind of utility incubator that assists with the creation of new solar installations, including offering education on construction and how to secure federal funds.