DENVER - Today legislators introduced HB26-1226 aimed at reducing the impact of the Department of Energy's 202(c) dubious "emergency" order to keep the Craig 1 coal unit operating past its planned retirement date at the end of 2025. That executive order could cost ratepayers up to $85 million annually, according to one analysis.
SALEM, Ore. — Today, the Oregon Building Code Division’s Residential and Manufactured Structures Board (RMSB) voted to approve a package of updates to the state’s residential energy code, including a requirement that new homes be built with energy-efficient heat pumps instead of ducted air conditioning. An analysis conducted by the Building Code Division found that these changes will save residents an average of $125 per month and over $1,500 per year on energy bills.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - This week, a reported text exchange between Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico and current JEA Board Member Arthur Adams appears to show Carrico removing Adams in order to give his JEA Board or Directors position to Paul Martinez, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida, where Carrico serves as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. Carrico calls the move a “big favor to a friend.”
ATLANTA - Despite clear opposition from Georgians, the Georgia Public Service Commission has refused to reconsider Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation to serve data centers.
Washington, DC – A broad coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today over its illegal determination that it is not responsible for protecting us from climate pollution and its elimination of rules to cut the tailpipe pollution fueling the climate crisis and harming people’s health.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Department of Energy’s (DOE) approval of Venture Global’s application to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a future facility, currently under construction in Louisiana. NRDC is co-counsel with Earthjustice representing Sierra Club, in challenging the export approval based on DOE’s insubstantial analysis of how LNG exports impact domestic energy prices, its failure to consider lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, and a lack of environmental review.
A federal court today ruled against DTE and EES Coke for violating the Clean Air Act by allowing a Zug Island facility to emit thousands of tons of sulfur dioxide that led to asthma and early death among residents. The judge ordered DTE and EES Coke to pay a $100 million civil penalty to the U.S. Treasury, a further $20 million to fund community health projects, and to re-apply for the facility’s permit to operate.
FRANKFORT, KY - Louisville Gas & Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities (LG&E/KU) will be raising electric and gas rates for more than one million Kentucky residents.
PHILADELPHIA — On Monday, February 16, a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to restore signage at Independence National Historical Park examining the legacy of slavery at the site.
MADISON, Wis. – Today, an administrative law judge upheld a key permit granted by the Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) allowing the Canadian oil giant Enbridge to build the Line 5 pipeline reroute through the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s watershed in northern Wisconsin.