PORTLAND, Ore. – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced Donald Trump’s nomination of Steve Pearce to run the Bureau of Land Management.
By a party-line vote of 11-9, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources moved Pearce’s nomination to a vote by the full Senate. Oregon’s Senator Ron Wyden, a committee member, voted against the nomination.
Washington, D.C. - Today, seven Big Tech companies and Donald Trump agreed to an ‘affordability pledge’ that they claim will protect everyday Americans from soaring energy prices caused by the massive amount of power and infrastructure data centers require.
Phoenix, Ariz. – Today the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) approved conversions of two coal-fired power plants to burn methane gas without reviewing the environmental impacts of those changes, leaving customers paying fuel costs for decades. The Commission also voted to repeal Arizona’s Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (REST), which has supported the development of renewable energy like solar power, bringing clean energy jobs and investment to Arizona.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced Donald Trump’s nomination of Steve Pearce to run the Bureau of Land Management.
By a party line vote of 11-9, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources moved Pearce’s nomination to a vote by the full Senate.
GLOBAL—Momentum is building towards an even cleaner electric vehicle (EV), according to a scorecard of 18 global automakers. Leading companies are producing cars that don’t just run on electricity but are manufactured using decarbonized and circular materials, such as fossil-free steel and recycled battery minerals, while minimizing negative impacts on the environment, workers and communities.
MADISON, Wis. -- The Public Service Commission (PSC) is considering an Individual Contract Rate Agreement (Docket 6680-TE-115) in which Alliant Energy is attempting to gain approval of a contract with a data center developer building a large facility in Beaver Dam, widely assumed to be its customer, Meta.
LOUISVILLE, KY. - This week, the Kentucky legislature introduced a dangerous bill that would eliminate the opportunity for Sierra Club and other organizations to intervene in proceedings at the Kentucky Public Service Commission on behalf of Kentuckians, kneecapping the groups’ ability to defend local people from increasingly high energy bills and corporate interests.
NEW YORK – Today, the United States District Court-Southern District of New York rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to wipe out New York City’s proven-successful Congestion Pricing program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups filed a request for rehearing for the dangerous, expensive, and unnecessary Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, or SSEP.
OMAHA, Neb. — In his first letter to shareholders as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, Greg Abel acknowledged that rising electricity demand and more frequent wildfires will impact the delivery of affordable and reliable energy to customers.