This Week in Cleantech (6/7/24) — Michigan fights off NIMBY push against clean energy

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This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.
This week's episode features The Guardian's Dharna Norr, who reported on an effort by Vermont leaders to force fossil fuel companies to pay for their emissions impacts.

This Week in Cleantech — June 7, 2024
This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is CleanCapital co-founder Jon Powers!

1. Renewable Energy Wins for Now in Michigan as Local Control Measure Fails to Make Ballot — Inside Climate News
2. World’s biggest solar farm goes online, big enough to power a country — The Independent
3. How Electric Car Batteries Might Aid the Grid (and Win Over Drivers) — The New York Times
4. How a simple fix could double the size of the U.S. electricity grid — The Washington Post
5. ‘Game-changing’: Vermont becomes first state to require big oil to pay for climate damages — The Guardian

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