Solar farms spark tension between rural areas and sun power advocates. Senators weigh in
Solar farms are seen as a way to increase energy capacity from non-polluting source. But their expansion into rural areas ...
Central Illinois Proud on MSN6h
Solar farm, once rejected by Tazewell Board, is approved for Morton property
The Tazewell County Board approved a special use permit for Unsicker Solar to build a 12-megawatt solar farm on a 50-acre plot of land in Morton, which can provide electricity to about 150 homes ...
New Hampshire Public Radio9h
Renewable energy grants for rural businesses unfrozen after weeks of uncertainty
Grant awardees will be offered the chance to “voluntarily revise” their projects to align them with Trump Administration ...
Grist2d
Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money.
Farmers and rural business owners were promised federal dollars for energy upgrades. With funds frozen, some are left holding ...
Arkansas Times1d
Farmers in Trump country were counting on clean energy grants. The government moved the goalposts.
Thousands of farmers and small rural businesses remain in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites favoring fossil fuels over ...
Times Republican1dOpinion
Renewable energy can strengthen county infrastructure, public schools
In a recent case study on the economic impact of wind energy in Howard County, I had the opportunity to work with the Center ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)4d
How Trump’s funding freeze is affecting American farmers
Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has moved to cancel or freeze trillions in federal funding. That ...
Louisville Public Media on MSN4d
Farmers, small business owners promised financial help for energy upgrades are still waiting
The Trump administration’s freeze on funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, the landmark climate law from the ...
The Suffolk News-Herald3d
Suffolk’s Agriculture Faces Critical Challenges
Suffolk City Council work session, David Bosselman, chairman of the city’s agriculture advisory committee, provided the mayor ...
The Repository5d
Ohio businesses promised funding for solar but worry the Trump administration won’t pay
Wooly Pig Farm Brewery sits on a gentle rise above ... From his experience at other breweries, he said, “Solar comes last.” There are too many other strategies to reduce energy consumption ...