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2 weeks ago | 
thegazette.com | Ames Alexander |Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced March 25 it will release previously authorized grant funds to farmers and small rural business owners to build renewable energy projects — but only if they rewrite applications to comply with President Donald Trump’s energy priorities.
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3 weeks ago | 
canarymedia.com | Mario Ariza |Ames Alexander |Joe Engleman
Join D.C. energy players for an evening of expert insights, networking, drinks, and hors d'oeuvres.
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3 weeks ago | 
popularresistance.org | Ames Alexander |Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Barn Raiser
Above photo: Thousands of farmers and small rural business owners have been left in limbo because of the Trump administration’s decision to freeze funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for renewable energy projects. Dee J. Hall, Floodlight. Then The Government Changed The Rules. Thousands of farmers and small rural businesses now in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites that favor fossil fuels over renewables.
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3 weeks ago | 
portside.org | Ames Alexander |Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Barn Raiser
Farmers in Trump Country Were Counting on Clean Energy Grants. Then the Government Changed the Rules. Published March 29, 2025 The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced late Tuesday it will release previously authorized grant funds to farmers and small rural business owners to build renewable energy projects—but only if they rewrite applications to comply with President Donald Trump’s energy priorities.
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4 weeks ago | 
arkansasadvocate.com | Ames Alexander |Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Barn Raiser
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced late Tuesday it will release previously authorized grant funds to farmers and small rural business owners to build renewable energy projects — but only if they rewrite applications to comply with President Donald Trump’s energy priorities. The move has left some farmers perplexed — and doubtful that they’ll ever get the grant money they were promised, given the Trump administration’s emphasis on fossil fuels and hostility toward renewable energy.
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4 weeks ago | 
barnraisingmedia.com | Ames Alexander |Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Winona LaDuke
Some of the roughly 6,000 grant applicants have already completed the solar, wind or other energy projects and are awaiting promised repayment from the government. Others say they can’t afford to take on the projects they’d been planning unless the grant money comes through. A Floodlight analysis shows the overwhelming majority of the intended recipients of this money reside in Trump country—congressional districts represented by Republicans.
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1 month ago | 
arkansasadvocate.com | Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Barn Raiser
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced late Tuesday it will release previously authorized grant funds to farmers and small rural business owners to build renewable energy projects — but only if they rewrite applications to comply with President Donald Trump’s energy priorities. The move has left some farmers perplexed — and doubtful that they’ll ever […]
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
chicagoreader.com | Joe Engleman
TheNewberry Library’s latest exhibition, “Making an Impression: Immigrant Printing in Chicago,” showcases the often uncredited and underappreciated immigrant and first-generation printers who produced intricate, commercial materials in ubiquitous forms. These works appear alongside efforts by recent artists to preserve the spirit and memory of the forgotten. “Making an Impression: Immigrant Printing in Chicago”Through 3/29: Tue–Thu 10 AM–7 PM, Fri–Sat 10 AM–5 PM, The Newberry, 60 W.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
chicagoreader.com | Joe Engleman
It’s 6 PM on the Monday before Thanksgiving and Nick Zettel is standing at his desk. He sports blue glasses and a fading denim jacket with four Chicago star pins as he welcomes the residents tuning into the monthly, virtual zoning meeting. The chief of staff to Alderperson Daniel La Spata spends the first few minutes of the call describing the First Ward’s zoning process for new attendees. Zettel has overseen the ward’s zoning process since La Spata was first elected in May 2019.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
barnraisingmedia.com | Anthony Flaccavento |Winona LaDuke |Joe Engleman |Roger Kerson
On August 29, I joined six Virginians who focus on rural development in at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) “Rural Investment Roundtable” in Blacksburg, Virginia. Our goal was to explore what’s working in rural southwest Virginia, how federal and state governments can make their programs more effective and user-friendly, and how farmers, entrepreneurs and the public can get involved.
