The Renewable Energy Buildout

Hello! At the end of last month, the climate collaborative hosted Dr. Jesse Jenkins of Princeton and the REPEAT project, who shared his thoughts on the first year of the historic climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act.

One of his main points: people will see the built environment around them begin to change, and that will largely shape their perception of the law. This week, see how that's already happening across the country from solutions to protect wildlife to lackluster initial interest in off-shore wind.

– Michael Crowe, Editor/Project Manager, Covering Climate Collaborative

Head and shoulders photo of editor Michael Crowe

Reporting from Our Partners

A double-crested cormorant flies by transmission towers in Redwood City, California. A new Audubon report contends efforts for bird conservation and renewable energy buildout have the potential to go hand-in-hand.

KUNC: Audubon report showcases bird-friendly solutions to renewable energy buildout

A new Audubon Society report on birds and power transmission lines pushes for a clean energy grid, but warns the buildout could harm birds. Yet the report contends collaborative planning can create a symbiotic relationship between those pushing for clean energy and others seeking to protect bird species.

Fishing boats sit at dock, screencap courtesy KGW

KGW Portland: ‘They're not listening to coastal communities’: Fishermen, tribes voice concerns on two Oregon coast sites eyed for offshore wind farms

The Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced two draft Wind Energy Areas near Brookings and Coos Bay for potential development.

Two wind turbines stand in calm ocean waters.

WWNO: Few bid after U.S. opens first-ever offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, Texas coasts

The Biden administration opened the first-ever leases for offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico up for bid on Tuesday off the coasts of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas. But the historic auction ended with underwhelming results.

News from the Collab

A slide from Jesse Jenkins REPEAT project presention, showing jobs and investments from IRA climate legislation.

The Inflation Reduction Act at One Year: What's Worked, and What's Ahead

Princeton’s Jesse Jenkins Speaks to LMA Climate Collaborative Local Journalists on One Year of Historic Climate Legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act

From Our Science Partners

A graph showing the connecting of guilt anger hope sadness and fear to a box labelled climate policy support

GMU Center for Climate Change Communication: Emotions are a strong predictor of climate policy support

Our partners at George Mason University share new research on the connections between various relevant emotions (guilt, anger, hope, sadness and fear) and support for climate policy. Published in the journal Frontiers in Climate.

What we're reading

US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year -- and there’s still 4 months to go, the Associated Press reports
With news the Biden admin cancelled all oil and gas permits in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Type Investigations fellow Adam Federman shared this refresher on "How Science Got Trampled in the Rush to Drill in the Arctic"
Dr. Leah Stokes asks in this LA Times op-ed, "Why are we still burning dirty fossil fuels where our kids learn?"

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