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"Five years ago this never would have been close to happening," the report’s author said. "The transition that's going on in the electric sector in the United States has been phenomenal."

In the latest ruling, a judge blocked the reversal of a moratorium on sales of federally owned coal, expanding the administration’s “remarkably shoddy track record” on its promises to save the industry.

The deal collapsed after the purported buyer, who “came in on a big old white horse and drove around town for a couple of days,” failed to find sufficient collateral and clean-up bonding

Keeping the 30% tax credit in place through 2024 for locales hardest hit by the decline of coal would contribute to replacing lost tax revenues while creating much-needed new jobs.

Following project models established at Chernobyl and in Canada, Australia and New England, a move is afoot to build utility-scale solar arrays at brownfield mine locations across Appalachia. 

Municipal government operations are on track to get all their electricity from renewable energy by 2020.

Two new Madison-area utility-scale solar farms approved by the Public Service Commission will produce enough power for 110,000 homes and save ratepayers tens of millions of dollars.

The Iowa Pork Producers Association have slowed advancement of a state legislative initiative sponsored by utilities seeking to stop the spread of solar energy. 

After the Indiana Chamber of Commerce weighed in against lobbyist Scott Pruitt’s push, legislators are signaling that the initiative has failed.

“I prefer not the torrid musings of a conservative think tank but real-life, market examples,” writes the author in response to a skeptical commentary by an old-school academic.