Rural America Is Pushing Back Against The Renewable Boom

The world still has a long way to go toward meeting its climate goals. Keeping temperatures from warming more than 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial averages is essential to avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, but achieving that will require an unprecedented level of commitment, investment, and cooperation from policy makers, industry leaders, scientists, and all levels of government.

As global leaders start to push harder for a clean energy transition, however, the rapid expansion of large-scale solar and wind farms is stepping…