March 27, 2017
LOS ANGELES-- Today, the Trump Administration issued an executive order gutting President Obama’s Clean Power Plan (background below), which cuts climate altering pollution by asking states to set clean energy generation goals.
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March 27, 2017
As a new report released today revealed that Indiana has more jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining, President Trump signed an executive order to begin repealing the landmark Clean Power Plan, which would incentivize more clean energy job growth in America.
March 26, 2017
Clean energy jobs, including those from solar, wind, energy efficiency, smart grid technology and battery storage, vastly outnumber all fossil fuel jobs nationwide from the coal, oil and gas sectors. That includes jobs in power generation, mining, and other forms of fossil fuel extraction.
March 20, 2017
ABITA SPRINGS, La. – The Abita Springs Town Council today approved a resolution establishing a community-wide goal of transitioning to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2030. Abita Springs represents the first city or town in Louisiana to commit to 100 percent renewable energy and the 24th city across the United States to make such a commitment.
April 8, 2017
CHICAGO - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Sunday announced a commitment to transition Chicago municipal buildings and operations to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2025.
March 20, 2017
MADISON, Wisc. - Today, the Madison Common Council formally approved the city’s commitment to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy across all sectors including electricity, heating, and transportation. Madison represents the first city in Wisconsin and the biggest city in the Midwest to make a community-wide 100 percent clean energy commitment.
May 30, 2017
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- U.S. Conference of Mayors Vice President Mayor Steve Benjamin along with his Mayors for 100% Clean Energy Co-Chairs today introduced a landmark resolution to the U.S. Conference of Mayors that would formally establish support from the nation’s mayors for the goal of 100 percent renewable energy in cities nationwide.
May 23, 2017
CARSON CITY, NEVADA -- Today, the Nevada Assembly passed Assembly Bill 206 to increase the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 50 percent by 2030 with a goal to reach 80 percent by 2040.
May 17, 2017
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Mayor Philip Levine issued a new proclamation on Wednesday endorsing a goal of powering Miami Beach entirely with clean and renewable energy.
Miami Beach is among the cities in the United States most endangered by the threats of climate change like rising sea levels, and the measure builds on Mayor Levine’s record of leadership on climate and clean energy in South Florida.
May 10, 2017
Annapolis, M.D. —The Public Service Commission (PSC) granted Skipjack Offshore Energy and U.S. Wind offshore wind renewable energy credits (ORECs) today enabling them to move forward with their proposals to build 368 megawatts of offshore wind, located off the coast of Ocean City and and Delaware, and creating 9,700 jobs in the process. The approval of these projects puts Maryland in the running for the nation’s largest offshore wind farms.
May 9, 2017
HANOVER, N.H.. – The Town of Hanover, New Hampshire last night voted to establish a goal of transitioning to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050. The article approved at Tuesday’s town meeting sets a community-wide goal of transitioning to 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and a 2050 goal of transitioning heating and transportation to run on clean, renewable sources of energy.
May 8, 2017
Washington, DC -- Late yesterday, Donald Trump announced two nominees for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Neil Chatterjee and Rob Powelson.
In the upcoming months, FERC is expected to consider a number of pipelines, LNG terminals, and proposals from electric grid operators to pay power plant owners more and increase costs to consumers.
In response, Sierra Club Global Climate Policy Director John Coequyt released the following statement: