January 13, 2026
Gov. Jared Polis and Xcel Energy are trying to weaken the Public Utilities Commission’s decision to limit the usage of, and air pollution from, Comanche 2, a 50-year-old coal unit that was supposed to retire at the end of 2025.
Press Releases
January 13, 2026
Washington, D.C. - The Trump EPA has unveiled a final rule under the Clean Air Act that revises emission limits for dangerous nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution from new gas-burning turbines used in power plants and industrial facilities.
January 13, 2026
SEATTLE — Today, U.S. District Court Judge Tana Lin in the Western District Court of Washington will hear oral argument in State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Transportation—a challenge brought by 21 states to the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program, a $5 billion initiative to build high-speed EV charging infrastructure along America’s highways.
January 13, 2026
Washington, D.C. - For the second time in less than six months, a federal judge has overturned the construction halt issued by the Trump administration on the Revolution Wind project in Rhode Island. Trump’s first stop work order attempt was overturned in September 2025.
January 13, 2026
Properties Include Clair Tappaan Lodge, Hutchinson Lodge, 4 Backcountry Huts in Tahoe Region
January 12, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Trump administration announced their next steps in a sweeping reorganization of the country’s wildland firefighting system.
January 12, 2026
OMAHA, Neb. — Reports of a steam tube failure at OPPD’s North Omaha coal plant once again raise reliability, health, and safety concerns. As a result of the failure, one of the two remaining coal units was taken offline last week. The forced outage follows a recent OPPD board vote to extend the life of the coal-fired power plant, whose remaining units are more than 60 years old. The average life expectancy of a coal plant is approximately 40 years.
January 12, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, the New York Times reported that the Environmental Protection Agency would cease to calculate the negative health impacts of air pollution in its future rulemaking process and only consider industry costs.
January 9, 2026
The EPA claims the voluntary coal plant retirements included in the state’s plan would harm grid reliability, but this is incorrect because the state and the utilities have long planned to retire the coal plants and to replace their generation with cheaper and cleaner resources.
January 9, 2026
ATLANTA - Today, environmental groups demanded the Georgia Public Service Commission reconsider Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation.