Map of corn ethanol land-cover with high technical potential for solar energy development across the US (yellow) and runoff in the Mississippi River watershed (blue). Inset maps (A–F) depict landscape matrices falling within a subwatershed of the Mississippi River watershed containing either nitrogen or phosphorus transport at the 95th percentile from streams via fertilizer application from agriculture.

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Map of corn ethanol land-cover with high technical potential for solar energy development across the United States (yellow) and runoff in the Mississippi River watershed (blue).

Converting a small fraction of fields producing corn for ethanol in the Mississippi River watershed into solar farms could greatly expand renewable energy production while mitigating pollution of the Mississippi River from fertilizer runoff. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

Repurposing just a fraction of U.S. corn ethanol croplands for solar could triple utility-scale solar - without competing with food. Boosts land efficiency, cuts runoff, and supports biodiversity! Smarter land use = sustainable future ☀️⚡️🌎 @aag-energy.bsky.social

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The winds of change? Attitudes toward wind projects and their electoral implications in Texas Wind power is increasingly cost-competitive, but there are growing concerns that partisan backlash will limit the rapid adoption of this low-carbon en…

Some good news about fighting climate change: Texans feel on average positively about their local wind power projects. We find *no* evidence of electoral backlash where projects are constructed! @condorcet.bsky.social @adamgallaherphd.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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