Press Releases

Residents Gather to Sing Carols for Clean Energy

A half dozen local consumers and clean energy advocates gathered in front of their electric utility’s headquarters to Carol for Clean Energy, telling Vectren they want renewable energy this holiday season, not fracked gas

ICYMI: Radiation Scandal LandsTrump CEQ Nominee in Deeper Water

Washington, DC -- Today, Scripps News reported that Donald Trump’s nominee for the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, is distancing herself from her testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee.

Statement on Senate Passage of the Tax Scam

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republicans passed a deeply regressive GOP tax scheme last night which cuts taxes for corporations and the rich while plundering the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and destabilizing a pillar of the U.S. healthcare system. The House will vote on the measure a second time today due to provisions in conflict with Senate rules.

Fake Checks Urge Senators to Reject Tax Bill & Arctic Sellout

Big oil's contribution in Senate soon to pay off.

RGGI States Release Final Model Rule & Economic Analysis

WASHINGTON DC - For the last two years the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) states have been conducting a review of their carbon pollution reduction policies in order to set goals that will plot the future course of the program out to 2030. Today, the states released a final model rule that memorializes an agreement to strengthen RGGI, together with economic modeling data that shows the changes will spur economic growth and job creation in the region.

ICYMI: Public Outrage Forces Pruitt to Shrink Political Operations

Washington, DC -- After swift and immediate outrage over a Mother Jones report that Scott Pruitt spent $120,000 of taxpayer funds on a partisan political consultant, the Washington Post is reporting that EPA is canceling its contract with Definers

Nebraska Public Service Commission Rejects TransCanada’s Request to Amend Keystone XL Application

Today, the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to reject a motion from TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, to amend their application for the controversial pipeline.

Colorado Springs Utilities Delays Vote on Early Retirement Date for Martin Drake Coal Plant

This afternoon, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) chose not to vote to accelerate the closure of the Martin Drake coal plant, located downtown. Despite strong public and business support for early closure, the CSU Board said they need more details about the costs of operating the aging coal plant even as other cities and utilities throughout the country have begun transitioning to new, clean energy generation.

ICYMI: Pruitt Attempting to Run a Police State, Not EPA

Washington, DC -- On Friday, Mother Jones first reported that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has wasted $120,000 of taxpayer funds on a political political consulting firm. The funds went to Republican firm Definers Corp.

Scott Pruitt Takes First Steps to Replace Life-Saving Clean Power Plan with "Do Nothing" Alternative

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, according to several reports, Scott Pruitt’s EPA announced the first step in his efforts to replace the Clean Power Plan with a polluter-friendly alternative, throwing out a plan that would prevent 3,600 premature deaths and 90,000 asthma attacks every year by 2030.