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Conversations about climate change and climate solutions often center on large cities and metropolises. But how are small, rural towns imagining and building a green future?

Rural Renaissance: Revitalizing America’s Hometowns through Clean Power

,” L. Michelle Moore documents how these towns are taking on the biggest ideas to realize a clean energy future and transform our energy systems. 

Moore shares that rural communities have the highest energy burdens and are most impacted by power outages. But the opportunities and possibilities for are also more ripe than ever. 

 are the single largest investment in rural power in a hundred years,” Moore said, “and there are a myriad programs and opportunities that local communities can take advantage of to build local clean energy futures and help local economies to thrive, too.”

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How are small towns building clean energy futures? L. Michelle Moore, author of “Rural Renaissance: Revitalizing America’s Hometowns through Clean Power,” shares examples of how rural towns are taking on the biggest ideas to transform our energy systems.

How are small towns in the corners of the country building clean energy futures? L. Michelle Moore, author of “Rural Renaissance: Revitalizing America’s Hometowns through Clean Power”, share examples of how rural towns are taking on the biggest ideas to transform our energy systems.

How small, rural towns are making the biggest clean energy ideas happen

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