April 2, 2025
Comptroller Brad Lander announces pension systems have surpassed interim emissions reduction targets
Press Releases
April 2, 2025
Washington, D.C. - The operators of Colstrip Power Plant have requested a presidential exemption from the Environmental Protection Agency’s updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standard after Trump's EPA openly invited the fossil fuel industry to email the agency with requests for presidential exemptions from critical safeguards in the Clean Air Act.
April 2, 2025
The entire staff of the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program was fired as part of sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The program provides critical help “to reduce the costs associated with home energy bills, energy crises, weatherization, and minor energy-related home repairs.” LIHEAP helps Americans afford the energy they need to keep their homes safe, powered, and habitable, especially during extreme heat and cold events.
April 2, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, IL - On March 27, 2025, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved “Beneficial Electrification Plans” (“BE Plans”) for the state’s two largest utilities, Commonwealth Edison (“ComEd”) and Ameren Illinois, that will invest approximately $254 million in transportation electrification in Illinois over the next three years.
April 1, 2025
Salt Lake City, UT – Today, in coordination with partners around the country, community members gathered at Rocky Mountain headquarters to protest the utility’s latest move to lock Utah into decades of costly, volatile fossil fuels – driving up energy bills while cleaner, more affordable renewables are overlooked. The demonstration comes after Rocky Mountain Power’s parent company, PacifiCorp’s, release of its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which slashes renewable energy investments and delays the transition to lower-cost clean power.
April 1, 2025
DES MOINES, Iowa; LAS VEGAS; RENO, Nev.; SALT LAKE CITY — Today, a coalition of concerned organizations and citizens around the country gathered to protest Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) and its electric utility subsidiaries for harming the health and pocketbooks of customers. In addition to running the dirtiest set of coal plants in the country that harm the heal
April 1, 2025
COLUMBIA, S.C. (April 1, 2025) – Yesterday, Dominion Energy released its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) Update for South Carolina, which includes keeping two coal plants operating years past their planned retirement dates.
April 1, 2025
Yesterday, PacifiCorp, the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power which serves Wyoming, released its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), significantly scaling back and slow-walking investments in renewable energy, instead prioritizing expensive and volatile fossil fuels. The IRP, meant to guide the utility’s energy procurement strategy for the coming decades, represents a stark step backwards from cost-effective clean energy solutions that could lower customer bills and boost local economies.
March 31, 2025
HARTFORD, Conn. – Today, a coalition of environmental organizations, alongside community advocates for climate and energy justice, hosted a press conference at the Legislative Office Building. After, 70 people marched to the Capitol Area System where attendees participated in a die-in, laying on the ground to represent the life-threatening consequences of gas expansion.
March 31, 2025