Press Releases

July 17, 2026

RALEIGH, N.C. – NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy – two of the nation’s highest polluting utilities with record-high profits – submitted applications to the North Carolina Utilities Commission, South Carolina Public Service Commission, and the Virginia State

July 17, 2026

Removal of buffer exposes communities and sacred landscapes to oil and gas extraction

July 17, 2026

Boston - Eight Attorneys General have filed a notice of intent that they will challenge two unlawful payoffs from the Trump administration to energy companies. In these settlements, the administration paid energy companies nearly $2 billion in exchange for the companies to abandon offshore wind projects and double down on fossil fuels. 

July 16, 2026

Richmond, VA. – NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy – two of the nation’s highest polluting utilities with record-high profits – have submitted applications to the Virginia State Corporation Commission, the South Carolina Public Service Commission, and the North Carolina Utilities Commission to merge into one single utility. The proposed merger fails public interest scrutiny and neglects the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) mandates. 

July 16, 2026

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Yesterday, NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy – two of the nation’s highest polluting utilities with record-high profits – submitted applications to the South Carolina Public Service Commission, North Carolina Utility Commission, and the Virginia State Corporation Commission to merge into one single utility.

July 15, 2026

MICHIGAN – Today, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) approved the permit application for Enbridge, a multibillion-dollar Canadian oil giant, to run the Line 5 oil tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac.

July 15, 2026

Valley Forge, PA - Yesterday, the nation’s largest grid operator PJM held its capacity auction for the 2028/2029 Delivery Year. The auction ended when prices reached the price cap, signaling more costly energy bills for everyday Americans who have been paying soaring energy prices for years due to PJM’s poor planning and projected energy demand from data centers. 

July 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. The Trump administration is proposing more regulatory changes aimed at weakening Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears. The proposed changes from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would revise the protective regulations under ESA section 4(d) for grizzlies in the Lower 48, which establish the circumstances under which killing, injury, and harassment of grizzlies are allowed.

July 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made available its final decision to drastically reduce designated critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the Canada lynx in Wyoming.

July 14, 2026

Conservation groups today sued the Trump administration over its decision to strip endangered species of protections for the places where they live, a decision that contradicts all scientific and legal understanding of the importance of habitat to Am