Impact

For more than a century, a stronger economy has meant dirtier air. It no longer has to. When communities attract factories, industrial facilities, warehouses, data centers, and commercial developments, they are investing in jobs, tax revenue, and generational...

Electric cars already beat gas on cost. The missing charging network is what holds them back. EV drivers save an average of 9 cents per mile, with electric vehicles costing roughly 5 cents per mile compared to 14 cents per mile for gas compact SUVs. Annual charging...

Some of the sunniest places on Earth still run on diesel shipped in from across the ocean. From the Caribbean to the Pacific, luxury resorts, ports, airports, and tourism infrastructure depend on reliable electricity, yet local households often pay two to three times...

Clean electricity is becoming local. The wealth of producing it is not. Solar panels power rooftops in Germany, Texas, and sub-Saharan Africa. Wind and solar projects are transforming grids from Europe to Latin America. Yet the factories, jobs, supply chains, and...

Native nations govern their own land but rarely the power that runs it. Across the United States, tribal governments are building economies designed to serve their people for generations, exercising their inherent right to govern land, resources, and development. Yet...

Data centers arrive promising 21st-century prosperity, but too often leave 20th-century pollution behind. Communities across the United States are competing aggressively to attract these facilities, drawn by construction jobs, long-term employment, tax revenue,...

Developing communities today have access to global resources and information, yet many remain trapped in a 20th-century economy. The tools of the 21st-century economy are increasingly within reach. Small businesses connect with suppliers and customers across borders....

Europe has built the foundation for energy independence, yet it is dependent on foreign fossil fuels. Across the North Sea, wind turbines generate vast amounts of clean power. Across Spain, Romania, Greece, and the Mediterranean, solar resources are abundant. In the...

Clean energy has never been cheaper to produce, yet household electricity bills keep climbing. Solar and wind have delivered on their core promise: they now produce some of the cheapest electricity in history. Yet families are not fully seeing those savings because...