Press Releases

April 22, 2024

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) was awarded $156 million in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar For All program. The competition, created by President Biden’s landmark Inflation Reduction Act, seeks to enable low-income and disadvantaged households across America to access the benefits of low-cost, clean solar energy—benefits that include home energy savings, energy resilience, improved air quality, wealth building, and quality jobs.

April 22, 2024

Washington, DC – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $7 billion in funding awarded to states, territories, municipalities, and eligible nonprofits through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar for All program.

April 19, 2024

Each April and May, many major corporations hold their annual general meetings (AGMs), which are an opportunity for shareholders to vote for or against board members, and on resolutions about sustainability concerns and other critical issues. 

April 19, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the details of 35 projects across 20 states that received a total of $1.93 billion in allocations of the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C). The companies behind these projects committed to invest many billions more in order to qualify.

April 19, 2024

Washington, DC-- Today the Biden administration announced the completion of a critical rule that will clean up pollution from two per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS).

April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Biden Administration is moving to the next development stage on a proposed plan that could reshape renewable energy deployment across the West.

April 19, 2024

— Climate, environmental justice, and community-led social justice organizations filed testimony yesterday detailing a litany of cost, climate, and equity objections to a proposed rate hike from NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility.  

April 18, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today the Biden administration blocked a controversial proposal backed by mining companies to build a road across more than 200 miles of Alaska wilderness.

April 18, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today the White House announced new federal rules that will limit oil and gas extraction in the Western Arctic.

The new rules enact new protections on approximately 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an area of public lands nearly as large as Indiana. The Biden Administration first announced proposed regulations in September 2023, followed by a multi-week comment period for public input, which ended in December 2024.

April 18, 2024

State Leaders Urge Swift Action to Conserve Public Lands, Preserve Cultural Resources, and Protect Wildlife Habitat