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Press: Climate Solutions in Rural Colorado

by Bret Serbin | Dec 20, 2025 | Press

A trio of RCP grantees is helping rural Coloradans shape their clean energy future: Caroline Llanes with Rocky Mountain Public Radio, the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center, and the Colorado Colorado Solar and Energy Storage Association (COSSA).Program Officer Maria...

Press: Climate Regrantors Push for Climate Solutions

by Bret Serbin | May 15, 2025 | Press

“If we can step up as philanthropy, we can preserve a lot of that human capital and not have to rebuild it all over again in the future.” RCP Director Josh Ewing spoke to Inside Philanthropy about our efforts to support grantees and advance climate...

Press: “Clean energy is rural energy”

by Bret Serbin | Jan 23, 2025 | Press

“You start cutting support for clean energy, you’re going to hurt rural people more than you hurt anybody else,” warns RCP Director Josh Ewing in The Daily Yonder. Read...

Press: Rural utilities are slashing CO2

by Bret Serbin | Dec 19, 2024 | Press

RCP Director Josh Ewing weighs in on the administrative transition’s potential impacts on clean energy projects. He reminds readers of the need for affordable energy options in rural communities and the reality that clean energy is the cheapest option available at...

Press: Engaging rural Americans in the clean energy transition

by Bret Serbin | Dec 4, 2024 | Press

RCP’s Scott Laeser details the approaches that work when talking to rural people about clean energy. To counter disinformation and misinformation, we need local messengers explaining how wind and solar work, and educating folks about the benefits renewables...

Press: Advocating for Climate Philanthropy in Rural Places

by Bret Serbin | Jul 3, 2024 | Press

In The Chronicle of Philathropy, Director Josh Ewing covers the revealing results of our rural emissions report, highlighting, for example, how rural areas account for nearly half of all power-plant emissions. Read...