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Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm highlights clean energy development opportunities in transitioning energy communities.

Federal stimulus spending and healthy state budgets are creating the chance to make real improvements in broadband, healthcare, transportation, and more. Let’s help rural communities make the most of the opportunity.

During the recent Focus Forward 2022 conference in Morgantown, two of the key players in the administration’s goals shared their thoughts on progress so far, the work ahead and the feedback they are hearing from stakeholders on the ground.

As the coal industry declines, more companies are walking away from cleaning up their mines.

Lawmakers in the Colorado General Assembly are poised to pass another round of funding for the state’s efforts to ensure a “just transition” for coal workers impacted by the shift to clean energy.

The Sherburne County Generating Station Becker, Minn. will shut down by 2030. Xcel Energy is proposing a 460-megawatt solar project to replace some of the electricity produced by the Sherco coal plant.

St. Marys has benefited from the coal-fired Pleasants Power Station for decades; now its residents wonder what will happen when the plant closes or is sold next year.

“[The field staff] are going to be there so they can work on a day-to-day basis with the people to identify what the vision is for the area and how federal programs can best make that vision a reality"

Dante, a Virginia town, is seeking to transform itself into a hub of ecotourism by nurturing the environment around it, and bring some of the natural beauty back to the community

"So while transitioning to cleaner fuels is important, we need to do it without undermining the social and economic justice to which these people have a right."