Local governments have imposed at least 2,600 restrictions on wind and solar power projects in their jurisdictions, with local opposition seeming to rise with the size of the project, said a
Summary. Solar energy is a rapidly growing market, which should be good news for the environment. Unfortunately there''s a catch.
The growing backlash against net metering isn''t just a response to wasted solar power—it''s also about for-profit power companies wary of rooftop solar panels that don''t make them
An NPR/Floodlight investigation found that a longtime Republican insider is stoking solar opposition by spreading bad information about solar projects in rural America.
Increasingly, these narratives are having real-world consequences, with governments restricting or even banning the installation of solar panels across swathes of land. Here, Carbon Brief factchecks 16 of
More than 20 states sued the EPA on Thursday, challenging its cancelation of a $7 billion program that aimed to make solar power accessible to low-income households.
SAN FRANCISCO – California utility regulators violated state law by approving policy changes pushed by monopoly utilities that severely throttled a once-thriving rooftop solar market, the
Some customers say they were victims of fraud and forgery. This threatens rooftop solar''s impressive momentum. Now, some solar companies are working to repair the industry''s
In a new report, the Sabin Center identifies and examines 33 of the most pervasive false claims about solar energy, wind energy, and electric vehicles, with the aim of promoting a more
The false claims assessed in the report cover a wide variety of arguments against solar development. These include factually inaccurate arguments related to human health, the
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