CARSON CITY, NV – The Nevada Public Utilities Commission today authorized NV Energy to invest $100 million over the next three years in fueling infrastructure for electric cars and trucks. The commission approved a plan by NV Energy to increase the availability of public electric vehicle charging stations along major travel corridors and at key destinations, while supporting transit agencies, school districts, local governments, and businesses to deploy electric vehicles in their fleets.
Today, the Department of the Interior released its final report calling for reforms of the current fossil fuel leasing program on public lands and offshore.
Yesterday Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to oil and gas CEOs demanding more information on higher prices of “natural” gas, and the role of increased exports in particular.
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- This past Saturday, November 20, a coalition of organizations--including the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, Texas Rising, MOVE Texas, Moms Clean Air Force, Environment Texas, the Coalition for Environment, Equity, and Resistance (CEER), D
Following the conclusion of last week’s White House Tribal Nations Summit, 62 conservation groups today called for the Biden administration to immediately relist the gray wolf and engage with Tribal nations on wolf management and protection.
Today, President Biden renominated Jerome Powell to continue in his current role as Chair of the Federal Reserve. He also nominated Lael Brainard, who currently serves on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, as Vice Chair.
In today’s order, N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC) members approved Duke’s five-year short-term action plan, which includes the full retirement of Duke’s 62-year-old Allen coal plant in the Belmont community, as well as no additional gas infrastructure.
Today, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the formation of a departmental task force to review and replace racist and derogatory place names among the country’s geographic features.
Yesterday, Sierra Club, Shrimpers and Fishermen of the RGV, and Save RGV from LNG filed a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers for reissuing a Clean Water Act section 404 “dredge and fill” permit for the Rio Grande LNG export terminal and the associated Rio Bravo Pipeline proposed for the Port of Brownsville. The groups argue that the permit falls short of legal requirements to avoid and compensate for impacts to wetlands, as required under section 404 of the Clean Water Act.