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IWG and Federal Agencies Discuss Opportunities to Catalyze Economic Growth in North Dakota Energy Communities

In collaboration with several federal agencies, the Interagency Working Group (IWG) hosted a virtual workshop Wednesday, Sept. 8, tailored for North Dakota energy community members and leaders to learn about opportunities to help catalyze local projects for economic growth in the region. Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford, IWG Executive Director […]

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Feds offering workshop for coal communities funding

Senior officials from several federal agencies, including the U.S. Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Interior, spoke with North Dakota energy community members and leaders about available resources and federal funding to spur regional economic revitalization. Read the full story at: https://www.willistonherald.com/news/oil_and_energy/feds-offering-workshop-for-coal-communities-funding/article_4b9561de-1009-11ec-b320-9f282510c772.html

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IWG Hosts Economic Revitalization Webinar for Colorado Energy Communities

Yesterday, Interagency Working Group (IWG) Executive Director Brian Anderson, Ph.D., federal agency representatives and local partner organizations held a virtual workshop focused on regional economic revitalization and available federal funding for Colorado energy communities, providing actionable pathways for communities to catalyze economic growth. A panel of local partners, including Colorado Office of Just Transition, Colorado

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IWG Executive Director Briefs National Governors Association on Resources for Energy Community Revitalization

Yesterday, Interagency Working Group (IWG) Executive Director Brian Anderson, Ph.D., discussed federal funding available for revitalizing coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities during a National Governors Association’s virtual briefing. Alongside the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), Anderson discussed funding opportunities, such as the EDA’s Coal Communities Commitment, meant to spur economic revitalization, create

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Biden tapped this West Virginia scientist to help coal country, but can clean tech bring jobs?

Brian Anderson grew up in West Virginia, seeing the coal industry slowly decline to the point of utter collapse in recent years. Now, Mr. Anderson, a veteran energy scientist who since 2018 has served as director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, has an opportunity to do something to help towns like his. In April, Mr.

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Energy Secretary Granholm Travels to Priority Energy Community in New Mexico to Discuss the State’s Clean Energy Transition

Yesterday, United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm finished up a two-day listening tour and visit to New Mexico’s key energy sites with U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) in Albuquerque, Farmington and the Navajo Nation. Secretary Granholm’s visit highlighted the state’s efforts to increase electrification and build new clean energy sources to lower costs,

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IWG Virtual Workshop Provides Funding Opportunities, Local Perspectives to West Virginia Energy Communities

Interagency Working Group Executive Director Brian Anderson, Ph.D., led the second IWG-hosted workshop centered on the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Coal Communities Commitment. This workshop shared funding opportunities and resources with energy communities in West Virginia and discussed perspectives from local organizations about the importance and benefits of federal funding. The virtual workshop, held

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IWG Virtual Workshop Shared Funding Opportunities, Resources with Western Pennsylvania Energy Communities

IWG Executive Director Brian Anderson, Ph.D., led the first in a series of IWG-hosted workshops that share funding opportunities and resources with energy communities impacted by the nation’s transition to a clean energy economy and help catalyze local projects that take advantage of such funding. The virtual workshop, held Aug. 12, 2021, was tailored for

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IWG Discussed Funding Opportunities during Wyoming-Focused Coal Communities Roundtable

IWG Executive Director Brian Anderson, Ph.D., earlier this week met with coal community leaders in Wyoming to discuss plans, strategies and available funding opportunities to ensure America’s energy communities are positioned to build back better as the nation transitions to a clean energy economy. Anderson’s participation was part of an ongoing discussion series hosted by

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IWG Discusses Funding Opportunities to Revitalize Midwest Coal, Power Plant Communities

IWG Deputy Executive Director Briggs White, Ph.D., discussed plans and strategies to ensure no communities are left behind in the nation’s transformation to a clean-energy economy when he presented the keynote address at a meeting of the Midwestern Governors Association (MGA) on Wednesday, July 28. White outlined strategic efforts undertaken by the IWG on Coal

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