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Local Resources Hub
Taking action to support clean energy projects in your community doesn’t have to be complicated. Here, you’ll get the facts you need to understand how renewable technologies like solar, wind and batteries work, and the tools that will help you make the case for clean energy and speak up effectively about these projects’ local benefits.
GREENLIGHT AMERICA GUIDES & FACT SHEETS
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Explore more facts, data and expert perspectives that will help you communicate and advocate with confidence about clean energy projects in your community.
Understand why it’s so important to show up in support of renewable energy:
Read about a federal study that found local opposition is a leading cause of canceled clean energy proposals.
Get the polling data that shows a majority of Americans support these projects.
Learn about why groups like the Union of Concerned Scientists say we need to move faster to meet our climate goals.
Read prominent environmentalist Bill McKibben's piece on why the clean energy transition demands a “yes in my backyard” mindset.
Learn how wind energy works:
Explore this fact sheet from the University of Michigan.
Get the data from the World Resources Institute.
Understand clean energy’s job growth potential:
Read why the National Audubon Society says well sited wind projects will protect birds from climate change.
Hear from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on why entanglements, ship strikes and warming waters—not offshore wind—are the biggest threats to whales on the East Coast.
Read how solar can offset more carbon emissions than trees, from the Columbia University Climate School.
Learn about agrivoltaics (co-located solar and farming) and the land-use impacts of solar energy in context, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Check out Three Myths About Renewable Energy and the Grid, Debunked from Yale Environment 360.
Read the truth behind some common arguments against wind and solar:
Explore DeSmog’s funding profiles on groups like the Heartland Institute and other prominent organizations that oppose clean energy, environmental regulation and climate action.
Check out Brown University’s research on the fossil fuel-linked groups campaigning against offshore wind on the East Coast.
Read an NPR/Floodlight investigation into the group sowing “grassroots” opposition to renewable energy in rural communities across the country.
Read reporting from Distilled on renewable energy misinformation.
Learn more about the outside groups that spread these falsehoods:
Read this guide from The Washington Post.
Local Resources Hub was last updated on November 1st, 2024.