January 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is scheduled to hold hearings on the nomination of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the Interior under Donald Trump.
Press Releases
January 14, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY — On Tuesday, January 14, the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service finalized a Resource Management Plan for Bears Ears National Monument. The plan marks a historic achievement for implementing Tribal collaborative management to preserve one of the country's largest national monuments.
January 14, 2025
AMARGOSA VALLEY, NEVADA— On Tuesday, January 14th, the Biden-Harris administration announced the administrative withdrawal of public lands from new mineral entry for a temporary period of 20 years in the Amargosa basin surrounding Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Withdrawal of these lands from new mineral entry will preserve irreplaceable cultural and biological values cherished by conservationists, Tribes, local communities, and tourists from around the world.
January 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC –Today, the Department of Energy awarded Century Aluminum up to $500 million to build a state-of-the-art aluminum smelter that will emit 75% less climate pollution
January 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is holding a hearing to consider the nomination of Sean Duffy, former Fox co-host and Republican lawmaker from Wisconsin, reality TV participant, and climate change denier, to run the Department of Transportation.
January 15, 2025
Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing to consider the nomination of Chris Wright, an outspoken critic of policies aimed at curbing climate change and the transition to renewable energy sources, to run the Department of Energy. Wright is the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, a leading oil and fracked gas company.
January 13, 2025
Sierra Club calls the move 'capitulating to climate denier politicians’
January 13, 2025
Durham, N.C. - Today, Duke announced that its CEO Lynn Good is stepping down and that Harry Sideris will take her place, effective April 1, 2025. Over the last four years, Duke made small steps to improve its overall transition from coal and gas to clean energy.
January 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by the State of Utah seeking to seize public lands managed by the federal government.
January 10, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the details of 140 projects spanning aluminum production, building-material decarbonization, industrial heat, and critical mineral supply chains across more than 30 states that received a total of $6 billion in allocations through the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C). The companies behind these projects have committed to investing billions more to qualify.