Washington, D.C. - Today, a judge at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction for yet another one of Donald Trump’s bans on offshore wind. In December 2025, Donald Trump’s Department of Interior issued an all-out pause on all offshore wind projects, including projects that were nearly completed.
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Eugene, Ore. - Students and community groups raised the alarm today after discovering that, on January 6th, the University of Oregon began a pilot project, using an additional large “natural” methane gas turbine to generate electricity to sell to the local publicly owned utility, Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB).
Washington, D.C. - Today, public interest groups challenged the Department of Energy’s (DOE) illegal emergency order forcing Washington’s last coal plant to operate past its planned retirement date.
MARION COUNTY, Ore. — Today, the Circuit Court for Marion County dismissed PacifiCorp’s appeal of the Oregon Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) determination that the utility failed to demonstrate “continual progress” toward meeting the emissions-reduction mandates of Oregon's clean energy bill, HB 2021. The law requires electric utilities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2030, 90% by 2035, and 100% by 2040.
Today, the Trump administration announced a plan to limit the authority of states and tribes to protect clean water from pollution resulting from pipelines and other major infrastructure projects during the permitting process.
Gov. Jared Polis and Xcel Energy are trying to weaken the Public Utilities Commission’s decision to limit the usage of, and air pollution from, Comanche 2, a 50-year-old coal unit that was supposed to retire at the end of 2025.
Washington, D.C. - The Trump EPA has unveiled a final rule under the Clean Air Act that revises emission limits for dangerous nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution from new gas-burning turbines used in power plants and industrial facilities.
SEATTLE — Today, U.S. District Court Judge Tana Lin in the Western District Court of Washington will hear oral argument in State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Transportation—a challenge brought by 21 states to the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program, a $5 billion initiative to build high-speed EV charging infrastructure along America’s highways.
Washington, D.C. - For the second time in less than six months, a federal judge has overturned the construction halt issued by the Trump administration on the Revolution Wind project in Rhode Island. Trump’s first stop work order attempt was overturned in September 2025.
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