February 25, 2021
KANSAS AND MISSOURI -- At noon today, Build Power MoKan will host a Virtual Press Conference and Rally to call on elected leaders, regulators, and utilities to extend the shut off moratoria in Kansas and Missouri.
Press Releases
February 24, 2021
investors representing $244.9 billion in assets under management sent letters to ten of the biggest banks in America urging them to stop funding the controversial fracked gas MVP
February 24, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, under the leadership of Donald Trump’s appointee, the United States Postal Service announced a 10-year, $485-million contract to Oshkosh Defense for new mail trucks, only committing to buy 10 percent as electric vehicles and failing to commit to 100 percent electrification of the fleet.
February 24, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS — Duke Energy plans to shutter its Gallagher Station by June 1, moving up original plans to retire the coal plant in 2022.
February 23, 2021
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency must take a series of steps to protect public health and the environment from the toxic fluorinated “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from being incinerated or dumped in landfills, wrote more than 30 environmental and public health organizations in comments submitted to the agency this week.
February 22, 2021
Dominion Energy plans to retire its entire South Carolina coal fleet by 2030 and add as much as 2,000 megawatts of solar and up to 900 megawatts of battery storage by 2048.
February 22, 2021
The Nevada Assembly introduced yesterday AJR3, a resolution in support of protecting 30 percent of the lands and waters in Nevada by 2030 as a necessary step to protect natural systems and mitigate the climate and extinction crises. The resolution also calls for the establishment of the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and the permanent protection of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge from the threat of military expansion.
February 21, 2021
a group of environmental and financial organizations announced the launch of the DivestMVP coalition
February 19, 2021
Annapolis, MD - Today, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) released its Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan. Under the 2016 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Reauthorization (GGRA) the plan was required to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2019. Secretary Ben Grumbles from the MDE has stated that, if implemented, the nearly 280-page plan would reduce Maryland’s greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 50% below 2006 levels by 2030.
February 19, 2021
Richmond, VA - Today, the Virginia State Senate passed HB 1965, which directs the State Air Pollution Control Board to implement a low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program for motor vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later. With this rule, Virginia joins 14 other states and the District of Columbia in adopting clean car standards. This bill will go to Governor Northam’s desk to sign and enact into law.