January 14, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, public interest groups challenged the Department of Energy’s (DOE) illegal emergency order forcing Washington’s last coal plant to operate past its planned retirement date.
Press Releases
January 13, 2026
MARION COUNTY, Ore. — Today, the Circuit Court for Marion County dismissed PacifiCorp’s appeal of the Oregon Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) determination that the utility failed to demonstrate “continual progress” toward meeting the emissions-reduction mandates of Oregon's clean energy bill, HB 2021. The law requires electric utilities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2030, 90% by 2035, and 100% by 2040.
January 13, 2026
Today, the Trump administration announced a plan to limit the authority of states and tribes to protect clean water from pollution resulting from pipelines and other major infrastructure projects during the permitting process.
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.
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.