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Working to accelerate an equitable transformation to a clean energy economy, Groundwork teams assist local governments, utilities, and developers in clearing the way for local renewable energy infrastructure.
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SolaRISE was launched to help schools and nonprofits fundraise to purchase solar and other renewable energy systems for both instruction and energy supply. Learn more about SolaRISE here.
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We support local governments with policy and technical advice as they transition to a clean energy economy. Learn more about our 100% Clean Energy Communities work here.
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Honoring Juneteenth National Independence Day With Chris Stone
Enshrined as a federal holiday in 2020, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865. On that day in Galveston, Texas, Major General Gordon Granger announced the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in the state, 71 days...
Answers to Your Questions From the Tunnel Vision Event
Hello! We asked our panelists at the Line 5 Tunnel Vision event to provide written answers to your questions submitted in the online comments during the event and they graciously said they'd be happy to oblige. Thank you for your ongoing commitment to helping shut...
‘The Old Kmart’ to Become Shining Example of Solar Power
Call it symmetry, poetry, yin-yang, or maybe even kismet. Whatever the perfect term, Marty Lagina loves the idea that energy born of the sun—a 29 million-degree Fahrenheit nuclear fusion inferno—will be used to create cold and freeze ice on a large scale....