Nebraska is ranked as one of the top states in clean energy potential and yet we are not taking advantage of this opportunity, despite the enormous benefits that it could bring to our state. In fact, right now Nebraska gets more than 60% of its electricity from coal....
Clean energy employs 16,147 more Nebraskans than fossil fuels Clean energy jobs grew even as the state lost jobs overall Clean energy jobs grew 3.5% in 2018 More than 19,000 Nebraskans now work in clean energy industries after adding 635 jobs in 2018, according to a...
You may know about how fossil fuels contribute to climate change, but do you know about the health effects associated with coal power plants? Air pollution alone causes up to 4.2 million premature deaths per year worldwide. If we want to prevent these...
By: Dakota Staggs There is plenty of water to go around, for now. The city of Lincoln gets its water supply from an aquifer adjacent to the Platte River in Ashland, NE. This has been the city’s source of water since a water pumping station was built there in...
On December 7th, 2016, the Nebraska League of Conservation Voters and Nebraska Conservation Education Fund hosted the Third Annual Nebraska Conservation Summit. More than 350 attendees joined us for discussions about the various ways climate change could impact...
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