The Path Forward: How the U.S. Renewable Energy Sector is Evolving Amid Policy Shifts

By Zac Bloom, Vice President, Head of Sustainability and Renewables and Sandy Beauregard, Director of Sustainability Services The United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement for the first time in 2017, during President Donald Trump’s first term. This action spurred a strong response from corporations, universities, states, and municipalities to maintain the commitment to reducing […]

Green Money: Bowdoin Trades RECs

By Rebecca Goldfine Bowdoin recently sold its high-value, Maine-based renewable energy credits (RECs) to free up funds to buy RECs in so-called “dirtier” electrical grids and to invest in green projects and technologies that will help reduce Bowdoin’s greenhouse gasses. With some of its new funding, Bowdoin’s Office of Sustainability added twelve new chargers to the Coffin […]