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Advocate Aurora Health Announces 100% Renewable Goal

Advocate Aurora Health has announced a commitment to power its health care operations with 100% renewable electricity by 2030. The nonprofit health system’s 27...
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Four N.Y. Communities Team Up For ‘Cleaner Energy Future’

Four municipalities in Monroe County, N.Y., recently announced plans to collaborate on the joint procurement of energy on behalf of their respective communities. Notably,...
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D.C. Council Green-Lights 100% Renewable Energy Goal

Today, the Washington D.C. Council unanimously approved the “Clean Energy D.C. Omnibus Act of 2018,” a bold climate bill that includes a commitment to...
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Report: 2018 A ‘Record-Breaking’ Year For Corporate Renewable Energy Deals

Corporate renewable energy procurement in the U.S. is continuing to blossom, outlines a new report from the Business Renewables Center (BRC), a membership program at...
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New York’s Cuomo Calls For Carbon-Free Electricity By 2040

On Monday, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled his 2019 Justice Agenda, which includes plans for carbon-free electricity in the state.  The full agenda...
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Boston Properties Signs Deal For Texas Wind Energy

Boston Properties Inc., a publicly traded developer, owner and manager of Class A office properties in the U.S., has signed an agreement to purchase...
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Evanston Is First Illinois Municipality To Commit to 100% Renewables

On Monday, the city council of Evanston, Ill., unanimously approved its new Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP), which includes a commitment to achieve...
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New Coalition Pushes For 100% Clean Energy In Chicago

On Tuesday, the Ready For 100 Chicago Collective announced its formation as a new community coalition working to move Chicago to a 100% clean,...
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100 U.S. Cities And Towns Now Committed To 100% Clean Energy

Cincinnati, Ohio, has become the 100th city or town in the nation - and the second city in Ohio, following Cleveland - to commit...
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U.S. Coal Consumption In 2018 To Be Lowest Since 1979: EIA

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects total U.S. coal consumption in 2018 to fall to 691 million short tons (MMst), representing a 4%...
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Fengate, Longroad Developing Weaver Wind In Maine

Fengate Asset Management and Longroad Energy Partners LLC (LEP) have announced a co-development and financing partnership to develop and construct the 72.6 MW Weaver...
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Introducing The Wind Wildlife Research Fund

Over two dozen companies in the U.S. wind industry have signed up to back a new fund facilitating research to speed development and deployment...
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Mass Audubon Opinion: Birds And People Could Reap Benefits Of Offshore Wind

President Donald trump recently criticized “windmills” as a source of energy, claiming, “They kill so many birds. You look underneath some of those windmills,...
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Vail Resorts Signs Long-Term Wind Deal With Lincoln Clean Energy

Vail Resorts Inc., a global operator of mountain resorts, has signed a long-term wind energy contract to purchase the equivalent amount of electricity needed to...
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Wind, Solar Help Slash CO2 Power Emissions 28% Since 2005

According to new findings from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. electric power sector carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) have declined 28% since 2005 because...
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Movie Theater Company Cinemark Inks Texas Wind Agreement

American movie theater chain Cinemark USA Inc., a subsidiary of Cinemark Holdings Inc., has signed up to purchase power from the Trent Mesa wind...
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SoCal Municipalities Select 100% Renewable Electricity Default

Last week, the Ventura County, Calif., board of supervisors voted to set a default of 100% renewable electricity when the county launches service through...
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Wake County, N.C., Commits To 100% Renewables

On Monday, the Wake County, N.C., board of commissioners voted to commit to transition county operations to 100% clean and renewable energy countywide by 2050. According...
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Washington State Agencies Commit To Local Wind And Solar

Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., has announced that eight state agencies will purchase over 100 million kWh of electricity by 2021 from wind and solar...
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Local Wind, Solar To Power T-Mobile’s Bellevue Headquarters

T-Mobile has signed on to Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Green Direct program, giving the telecommunications company access to a blend of local wind and...

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