This Earth Day, ACORE is Urging the Biden Administration’s Commerce Department to Correct Course so Climate Progress Can Continue By Alex HobsonApril 22, 2022 By Alex Hobson There has never been a more important time to rally in defense of our planet than now. The 52nd Earth Day comes mere weeks after a landmark report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change identified that “without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, limiting global warming to… Read more
ACORE Hosts 20th Anniversary Gala and Policy Forum in Washington, D.C. By Maheen Ahmad, Elise Caplan, Blake McCarren, Constance Thompson, Daniel WolfApril 12, 2022 By Maheen Ahmad, Elise Caplan, Blake McCarren, Constance Thompson, Daniel Wolf After two long years, ACORE returned to in-person events with its 20th Anniversary Gala, Accelerate Member Forum and ACORE Policy Forum at the height of cherry blossom season in the nation’s capital. 20th Anniversary Gala ACORE hosted a Gala on March 23… Read more
20 Years of Growing Clean Energy – And Just Getting Started By Shannon Kellogg, AmazonMarch 24, 2022 By Shannon Kellogg Amazon Web Services (AWS) is honored to help celebrate the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) as it recognizes its 20th anniversary this week. When ACORE was founded, the organization set out to bring together leading proponents from all sectors of the renewable energy sector to move renewable energy into the mainstream… Read more
African Americans’ Impact on the Renewable Energy Movement By Constance ThompsonFebruary 25, 2022 By Constance Thompson February 25, 2022 One year and nine months ago, the public lynching of a black man, George Floyd, (re)ignited an unprecedented movement to intentionally dismantle a social construct in our country that many consider the “original sin” and haunts every aspect of citizens’ ability to truly experience liberty and justice for all. … Read more
Celebrating 20 Years of Impactful Advocacy at ACORE By Gregory WetstoneFebruary 23, 2022 By Gregory Wetstone February 23, 2022 As we arrive at ACORE’s 20th anniversary, it seems timely to reflect on how much things have changed since the nation’s first pan-renewable nonprofit organization was founded. ACORE’s initial mission when the organization launched in 2001 was “to bring all forms of renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s… Read more
One Year Later: Winter Storm Uri By Daniel WolfFebruary 15, 2022 By Daniel Wolf February 15, 2022 Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Texas blackouts – deadly power failures that left hundreds dead and millions in the cold during Winter Storm Uri. A year later, many Texans remain concerned that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the organization tasked with managing Texas’ power grid,… Read more
