Noah Rott, Deputy Press Secretary, Western Region


Press Releases


Major SPP Western Expansion Opens Clean Energy Opportunities Across Region

DENVER — Today the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) officially expanded, connecting western and eastern electric grids and providing increased access to clean energy for major utilities across the West and…

California Regulators Signal Ratepayer Protection in Initial Rejection to SoCalGas

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - In a proposed decision last week, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recommended denying a SoCalGas application that would charge customers $266 million…

Groups Take Trump Administration to Court Over Illegal Craig Coal Plant Extension

Washington, DC – Public interest organizations today filed a challenge in federal court to overturn the Trump administration’s illegal emergency order extending the life of Colorado’s Craig Unit…

Advocates Call for Investigation into AI Campaign that Used Residents' Identities Without Consent to Target Air Regulators

SAN FRANCISCO—Bay Area advocates are calling on California Attorney General Rob Bonta and San Francisco, Alameda County, and Santa Clara County District Attorneys Brooke Jenkins, Ursula Jones Dickson…

Steve Pearce Committee Approval Endangers California's Public Lands

SACRAMENTO - This week the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee voted 11-9 down party lines to move forward the nomination of Steve Pearce for Director of the Bureau of Land Management…

Environmental Groups Sue EPA for Illegally Rejecting Colorado’s Emission-Reduction Plan 

DENVER - Today, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice, filed a petition for review challenging the Environmental Protection Agency…

"Sell Off Steve" Pearce a Terrible Choice for BLM, Colorado Public Lands

DENVER - The U.S. Senate hearing for Steve Pearce, nominee for Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is triggering fierce push back from conservation and environmental groups this…

Colorado Legislators Introduce Bill Countering Expensive Coal Plant Order

DENVER - Today legislators introduced HB26-1226 aimed at reducing the impact of the Department of Energy's 202(c) dubious "emergency" order to keep the Craig 1 coal unit operating past its…

Montanans Fight for Climate Action Despite Endangerment Finding Rollback

HELENA, Mont. – Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule revoking the regulatory basis for greenhouse gas pollution under the Clean Air Act. The decision flies in the…

Colorado Sierra Club Condemns EPA Elimination of Endangerment Finding

DENVER – Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule revoking the basis for regulating greenhouse gas pollution under the Clean Air Act. The decision flies in the face of…