May 9, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO — Today, the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) voted 4-0 to lower volumetric (per-usage) rates and implement three tiers of monthly electric fixed charges:
Press Releases
May 8, 2024
LOS ANGELES – An unprecedented coalition that includes unions representing a majority of current workers invested in CalPERS, the second largest union representing CalSTRS members and leading environmental groups in California are calling on CalPERS and CalSTRS, the two largest public pension funds in California, to hold ExxonMobil accountable following the company’s lawsuit against shareholders.
May 7, 2024
Today, Republicans in the US House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 6192, the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act, a bill that would significantly limit the Department of Energy's capacity to enforce energy efficiency standards.
May 7, 2024
Helena, MT — Yesterday, conservation groups simultaneously moved to intervene and dismiss a lawsuit brought by Signal Peak Energy, which is seeking to force the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) to rush the environmental review of a proposed 175-million-ton expansion at its Bull Mountains coal mine in Montana.
May 7, 2024
Denver, CO - Yesterday, the Colorado Legislature passed two important bills to reduce ozone pollution following a compromise that led to the oil and gas industry dropping a number of dangerous ballot measure proposals in exchange for the abandonment of three stronger ozone-related bills.
May 7, 2024
Today, more than 70 members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary Granholm thanking them for pausing the approval of applications for new liquefied methane gas (LNG) exports while the Department of Energy considers the criteria used to determine whether new exports are in the public interest. Gulf Coast advocates and environmental groups issued statements in support of the letter from members of Congress.
May 6, 2024
Missoula, MT - Today, a coalition of conservation groups participated in the first day of a three-day meeting held by the U.S. Forest Service intended to reach a resolution on objections the agency received in response to the highly-controversial revised Nez Perce-Clearwater Land Management Plan, also known as a Forest Plan. At the meeting, conservationists decried the agency’s failure to offer meaningful changes in response to the unprecedented level of public participation demanding the revised plan better safeguard wildlife and habitat.
April 22, 2024
Washington, D.C. — Leading environmental and other civil society organizations submitted joint comments to the Office of U.S. Trade Representative today on critical minerals supply chain standards needed to advance shared climate and sustainable development goals. The submission was made as part of an official request for comments on “Promoting Supply Chain Resilience,” including for components of “electric vehicle and large-scale energy storage batteries.”
April 25, 2024
Washington, DC – CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of labor unions, environmental organizations, and community groups, today urged the Commerce Department to follow up on the expectations outlined by the White House and make sure the $6.14 billion CHIPS Act award to Micron benefits communit
May 6, 2024
WYALUSING, Pa. -- Late Friday, in response to data requests from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Delaware River Partners and Bradford County Real Estate Partners confirmed that they do not intend to cancel their Wyalusing liquefaction facility and Gibbstown export facility, despite the U.S. Department of Transportation decision last September to suspend authorization to transport LNG by rail car. The Wyalusing and Gibbstown facilities are part of a logistically and financially connected LNG export project contemplated by New Fortress Energy.