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In coal country, a flood of money to build other businesses

Grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission support innovative job creation and training efforts in coal communities

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Natural Capital Investment Fund Borrower Profile: Sport Outfitters, LLC

From coal miner to business owner: JTF grantee NCIF profiles Sport Outfitters, LLC

Natural Capital Investment Fund

Trump’s new solar tariff to protect US manufacturers will hurt installers

US Trade Representative issue new tariffs on imported solar panels, impacting the fast-growing US solar industry.

We Urgently Need To Find a Replacement For King Coal's Disappearing Jobs

Coalfield Development Fund founder Brandon Dennison discusses how coal communities can be supported through transition.

Exclusive: Trump's coal job push stumbles in most states

"President Donald Trump’s effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew modestly."

Revisioning Appalachia

Brandon Dennison of Coalfield Development Coorporation discusses creating a new economy for West Virginia

Xcel Energy receives shockingly low bids for Colorado electricity from renewable sources

"What stands out about the response Xcel received is that wind sources with storage are now cheaper than coal generation, and solar plus storage is now cheaper than about 75 percent of coal generation in the state, according to CarbonTracker."

The Denver Post

Industry Leaders Make Last-Ditch Effort to Steer Trump White House Away From Solar Tariffs

Industry makes final push to discourage Trump from adopting solar tariffs that would destroy tens of thousands of American jobs.

Greentech Media

Rejection of subsidies for coal and nuclear power is a win for fact-based policymaking

The Conversation

IEEFA Update: The Saudi Arabia of Solar? American Indian Country

Energy Transition Openings Now in the Four-Corners Region of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah

Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis