With the news of Trump’s re-election comes a big question facing states, municipalities, nonprofits and private companies: How will we continue to fund efforts to address climate change?
In the short term, federal agencies are working as quickly as possible to release all remaining grant and competitive funds. There have been many recent opportunities to access grant funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, but with the new administration likely changing priorities, alternative innovative financing solutions will be the next and most vital path forward to ensuring sustainable funding for a sustainable future.
For those worried about how to make this happen, looking to Colorado as a case study for what it takes to create a system for longer-term energy investments — independent of the whims of federal…
