NANTUCKET, Ma. – This week, the town of Nantucket hosted a press conference to share concerns about the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project and demands for Avangrid, the project developer.
Vineyard Wind 1 is already providing power for local homes and businesses. Once construction is completed, the 62 turbines will generate 806 megawatts of electricity and power over 400,000 homes. Vineyard Wind 1 is estimated to save New England $3.7 billion in energy costs over the project’s lifetime.
Jefferson City, Mo – Today, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC), which regulates monopoly utilities like Evergy, unanimously approved a plan to charge customers in advance for two new Kansas gas-burning power plants and one new Missouri gas plant. Sierra Club and other stakeholders opposed the proposal because of Evergy’s flawed economic analysis that inflates revenue assumptions.
Washington, D.C. - The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has rescinded all designated wind areas on the outer continental shelf. Over 3.5 million acres of public waters that had gone through a thorough vetting and approval process to be leased for offshore wind projects are no longer eligible for federal leases.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate held a hearing to review the Trump administration’s proposed reorganization of a critical federal agency.
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency issued an interim final rule that will delay implementation of the agency’s critical Clean Air Act protection against methane and other harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry.
Senator Richard Durbin and Senator Reverend Warnock announced the introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (S. 4).
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Trump administration announced it is rolling back the Environmental Protection Agency’s clean vehicle standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles.
Washington, DC – Today, in its most direct assault thus far on the movement to mitigate the climate crisis, the Trump administration will formally propose a plan to rescind the Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding. If finalized, this action will devastate the EPA’s ability to carry out its primary authority to limit climate pollution under the federal Clean Air Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a confirmation vote on Donald Trump’s controversial pick to oversee the U.S. Forest Service.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump administration has announced a controversial reorganization of a critical federal agency.