Juno Beach, F.L. - Today, the President and CEO of NextEra Energy, John Ketchum, announced the energy company plans to add more gas plants to its fleet to fulfill Donald Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda.
Additional gas plants would expose communities NextEra serves to worse air and water pollution, and all the illnesses associated with long-term exposure to such pollution.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a visit to areas devastated last year by Hurricane Helene, Donald Trump suggested he would dismantle the federal agency tasked with organizing disaster response and recovery.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As one of his first acts of the new administration, Donald Trump’s Interior Department issued a secretarial order effectively pausing approvals for all clean energy projects on public lands and waters for 60 days.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several of the nation’s leading environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club, represented by Sierra Club and Earthjustice, just moved to intervene to defend the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) waiver.
St. Louis, Mo - A group of clean energy and consumer advocates will hold a press conference to unveil a new report that details the financial, health, geographic, and educational disparities and recommendations related to energy burden in St. Louis. Energy burden is defined as the percentage of household income that is spent on energy-related utility bills.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry held hearings on the nomination of Brooke Rollins as Secretary of Agriculture. Rollins previously held roles as President Trump’s domestic policy chief during his first term and deputy general counsel for former Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump proposed fast-tracking power plant approvals to benefit Big Tech companies and their massive need for electricity to power artificial intelligence facilities.
WASHINGTON, DC -- After months of requests from state and local officials, as well as dozens of advocacy organizations, asking for a detailed Environmental Impact Statement for Transco's proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project in Virginia and North Carolina, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a notice stating that it would instead prepare a less comprehensive analysis that falls far short of what community advocates have argued is required.
Today, more than 150 environmental organizations sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary Granholm thanking them for releasing the final Department of Energy (DOE) studies on the impacts of liquefied methane gas (LNG) exports. Given scientific conclusions, the groups urge the Biden administration to use this analysis to reject pending LNG export authorizations as not in the public interest.