Childhood Obesity Prevention Grants More than $400,000 in grants will be awarded to cities that will support and expand childhood obesity prevention programs. Sponsor: American Beverage Association Award Categories: First place in small, medium and large city will be $100,000,

Conference of Mayors President Columbia (SC) Mayor Steve Benjamin at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, AL.  The six-acre site includes 800 six-foot monuments that symbolize thousands of racial terror lynching victims in the United States. About the

US Conference of  Mayors 87th  2019 Winter Meeting January 23 – 24  2019 Washington, D.C. Mayor of Salt Lake City and Chair of the Alliance for a Sustainable Future Jackie Biskupski speaks in San Francisco surrounded by members of the

This bill provides FY2019 appropriations for 3 of the 12 regular FY2019 appropriations bills, this review focuses on the Department of Energy Appropriations Act, 2019. Highlights: • Congressional appropriations for the four renewables (geothermal, solar, water, wind) is $527.5 million:

By Rich Anderson|December 3, 2018|Energy Summary The Conference of Mayors adopted clean air policies in 2017 and 2018 to support cities transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy and success depends on developing enough renewable power production capacity and renewable energy generation.

Published: Washinton Post: Wednesday, Sep 19 2018 Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – With a goal of making the solar workforce and solar communities more diverse, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Community Development Action

By Jill Everton  |  Published: January 13, 2019 Credit unions are often the best banking and credit solution for low- to moderate-income families. Lower interest rates on lines of credit and higher earning potential for savings accounts make local credit

 Author: mayor.bowser@public.govdelivery.com :Letter from the Mayor : Published : January 24, 2019 | Vol. 5, Issue 4 Friday, January 18, 2019 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser signed the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018, codifying the District as the nation’s preeminent

Author: EMMA FOEHRINGER MERCHANT Published:  JANUARY 17, 2019 GTM Clean energy has had it relatively easy during the federal government shutdown. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com Effects of the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, now on its 27th day, are wide-reaching: Federal

Author: Robert Walton@TeamWetDog Published: Jan.17, 2019 Utility Dive  Jan. Florida Power & Light yesterday unveiled a solar energy campaign it dubbed “30-by-30,” calling for the installation of 30 million photovoltaic panels by 2030, with an aim of reducing carbon emissions by 67% over that

Author: Ari Peskoe Published: Jan. 17, 2019 Utility Dive The following is a Viewpoint from Ari Peskoe, Director of the Electricity Law Initiative at the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program. Last week, power generation companies asked the

Author: Gavin Bade@GavinBade Published: Jan. 17, 2019  Utility Dive At the beginning of 2019, the U.S. electric power sector is in the midst of fundamental change and uncertainty. Renewable energy is increasingly competitive with fossil fuels. The Trump administration continues to focus

Our Mission The Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE) advances policies and institutional actions that promote racial equity and shared prosperity for all in the growth of metropolitan Atlanta and the American South. Since 2008, the Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE),

How our first solar co-ops got started https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG3OMfHNJf4 Solar United Neighbors started as a neighborhood project in Washington, D.C. Formed as the Mt. Pleasant Solar Co-op, … D.C. is our hometown and where Solar United Neighbors got started. Since 2007,

Author: Herman K. Trabish  Published Jan. 11, 2019 Utility Dive Pennsylvania’s combination of guiding principles, legislation and collaboration among a broad array of stakeholders may show how to move the EV market into its next phase of development. Pennsylvania’s breakthrough collaboration of

Author: Robert Walton@TeamWetDog  Published: Jan. 15, 2019 Utility Dive Dive Brief: South Carolina regulators on Monday concluded SCANA executives acted “imprudently” by deliberately misleading the Public Service Commission (PSC), the Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS), the public and investors about the financial condition of

https://www.chooseenergy.com/electricity-rates-by-state/ :(last updated Jan. 8, 2019) Electricity Rates in Your State Here we’ve compiled data to show you just how much energy costs can vary, including historical electricity prices from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in all 50 states

Author: Iulia Gheorghiu@IMGheorghiu Published: Jan. 4, 2019 Utility Dive Dive Brief: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers announced last week that the United States has the technical potential to install 2,116 GW of floating photovoltaic (PV) systems in the United States. By the end

Author: Herman K. Trabish Published: Jan. 3, 2019 Utility Dive DEEP DIVE: The state’s IOUs are on track for 50% renewables by 2020, but the goal is 100% clean energy by 2045 and there are still unanswered questions on how to reach it.

Author: Robert Walton@TeamWetDog   Published: Jan. 2, 2019 Utility Dive Dive Brief: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra told a federal judge last week that Pacific Gas & Electric could be tried for murder or manslaughter if the utility is found to have operated its equipment