Utah Clean Energy: 2 decades of fighting for clean energy policy

Between a fine crafts store and the Cucina restaurant in the Avenues of Salt Lake City sits a two-story house occupied by the employees of Utah Clean Energy. It’s a hot day in early June. Brandy Smith, the communications director for the nonprofit, comes out to greet me and invites me in.No one’s in except for Smith and Logan Mitchell, the climate scientist and energy analyst. The pandemic created more opportunities to work from home, and Utah Clean Energy was quick to adapt. Reader, it seems they’ve outgrown their current home — piles of boxes, a large conference table and tiny cubicles to fit 14 employees take up most of the space — and their work has no end in sight. Fighting climate change is a hard battle, after all.  “It feels like I’ve been drinking from a fire hose for the last month,” says Mitchell, laughing, when I ask…

Read more…