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Red America Should Love Green Energy Spending
The money that Democrats like to invest in clean power is largely spent in Republican districts.
The standard political color code for renewable energy holds that green mixes with blue but clashes with red. A detailed look at local realities says otherwise.
Enersection, a new company based in Houston specializing in data-driven insights on the US energy system, has presented them in compelling charts and other graphics (you can access its site here). Bloomberg Opinion partnered with co-founder Jeff Davies to take a deep dive into the energy and emissions landscape at the congressional district level, using data from the Energy Information Administration’s monthly electricity report (EIA 860-M).