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PHOENIX (AP) — Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn’t have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington state as temperatures surged into the …
Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity Read More
Voters in Maine overwhelmingly rejected scuttling the state’s for-profit utilities in favor of a public power company that would have been governed by a board of elected and appointed officials. The referendum was …
Maine voters reject effort to create the first statewide public power company Read More
In 2019, Thea Riofrancos was splitting her time between researching the social and environmental impacts of lithium mining in Chile and organizing for a rapid energy transition away from fossil fuels …
The “Electrify Everything” Movement’s Consumption Problem Read More
Published last week in collaboration with the Initiative for Energy Justice and the nonprofit Solar United Neighbors, the report outlines the benefits of a proposal to offer solar power to 30-million homes …
Solar Power Buildout Would Generate Billions in Economic Benefits Read More