Instant online permitting for solar – now in use in more than 270 jurisdictions across 13 states – can reduce these permitting delays, making it faster, easier and cheaper to install solar panels.
Renewable energy is on the rise across America. Fact sheets for each of the 50 states allow you to learn more about trends in your area.
Slow, complicated and uncertain permitting requirements make it harder for Texas families to install solar panels or battery storage on their homes.
Greenhouse gas pollution decreased in 44 states from 2005 to 2022, and increased in six.
Across America, thousands of facilities that store or move oil, toxic chemicals or coal ash are located near waterways. These facilities are accidents waiting to happen.
Massachusetts produces nearly a million tons of food waste each year. Common-sense steps can further reduce food waste, helping our environment and communities.
Deep-sea mining risks damaging vibrant ecosystems that science is just beginning to understand. And we don’t need it to meet the critical minerals challenge.
Single-use plastic packaging is so common in our everyday lives that a future without it might seem a long way off. But examples of what that future might look like are already here.
Small-scale solar energy – most of which is installed on rooftops – is growing rapidly in the U.S., producing 10 times as much power in 2022 as a decade earlier.
