RCP in the News
Press: Climate Solutions in Rural Colorado
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
"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 solutions amid a...
Press: “Clean energy is rural energy”
“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.
Press: Rural utilities are slashing CO2
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
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 bring to...
Press: Advocating for Climate Philanthropy in Rural Places
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.
Press: Rural communities deal with emissions from industries that benefit cities
Public News Service discusses the implications from the first-ever rural emissions analysis we conducted in 2024.
Op-ed: Rural Americans will make or break the clean energy transition
In Solar Power World, Senior Working Lands Advisor Scott Laeser details research findings into effectively engaging rural communities on clean energy projects.
Securing funding from the IRA to support rural communities
The Chronicle of Philanthropy discusses ways the Rural Climate Partnership, funders, and partners leverage federal funding in support of rural communities.
A Fly-in to Create Buy-In
CEDI Fly-In participants in front of Senator Chuck Grassley’s office. Photo credit: Aidan Reed, RCPEvery piece of legislation begins with a choice: whose voices will shape it? When rural Americans share their experiences directly with policymakers, they help ensure...
The Case for Solar, Straight From the Farm
Photo credit: American Solar Grazing AssociationIn 2025, the USDA released its Farmers First Agenda, issuing a call to action to federal, state, regional, and local partners to join USDA’s new Make Agriculture Great Again Agenda. The agenda overviews concerns about...
Press: Climate Solutions in Rural Colorado
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...
Rural Reality Check: New Findings on Climate Emissions & Solutions in Rural America
Shining a Light on the Importance of Agrivoltaics for Saving Solar on Farmland
The American Farmland Trust estimates about 83% of new solar projects will be built on agricultural land, and emerging legal threats to renewable energy siting make the imperative to effectively scale solar developments all the more urgent. “Any impediments to...
Press: Climate Regrantors Push for Climate Solutions
"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 solutions amid a...
Conference Spotlight: Building Better Partnerships to Advance the Clean Energy Transition
The urgency and energy were palpable at the American Clean Power Association’s Siting and Permitting conference in Seattle earlier this month, as developers, consultants, non-profits and philanthropic partners gathered to meaningfully engage on siting clean energy...
Press: “Clean energy is rural energy”
“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.
Press: Rural utilities are slashing CO2
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...














