Salt Lake City, UT – Today the Sierra Club, in partnership with Current Energy Group, published a new report, Utah and Wyoming: Economic Opportunities in PacifiCorp’s Renewable Energy Transition that provides a detailed analysis of how investments in renewable energy could create thousands of long-term, good-paying jobs while boosting economic activity and generating critical tax revenue for communities in both states.
Washington, DC – Last night, Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the EPA is illegally terminating $20 billion in Congressionally-mandated funding already disbursed to lower energy costs, revitalize local economies, and help address the climate crisis.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, as part of a suite of “deregulatory actions” attacking health, clean air, and climate, the Trump administration announced its plan to reconsider the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Today three environmental groups notified Alliant Energy’s Iowa affiliate of their intent to sue for unpermitted discharges of polluted groundwater that is pumped out from under an Ottumwa coal ash landfill. The notice letter, which is required before filing suit under the Clean Water Act, allows 60 days for the discharger to come into compliance or for the state to begin enforcement action.
Washington, D.C. - In an internal memo, Lee Zeldin announced the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to shut down all offices responsible for addressing the disproportionat
Washington, DC – Today, House Republicans passed legislation that makes dangerous cuts to essential services the American people rely on, dismantles critical environmental protections, and sacrifices the health and safety of American families all to provide bigger handouts and kickbacks to corporate polluters.
MADISON, Wis. – Today, Fish for the Future kicks off its campaign to break the world record for largest display of origami fish as a collective effort to promote protecting our water and shutting down the Line 5 pipeline.
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Houston, TX - At CERAWeek, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in an interview that the U.S. should restart retired coal-fired power plants.
Houston, TX - Today, NextEra CEO John Ketchum said that renewable energy was cheaper and more readily available than fossil fuels. In a response to U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright’s speech, where Wright diminished the importance of renewable energy and praised dirty fossil fuels, Ketchum said, “The cost of gas-fired generation has gone up more than threefold…Renewables are cheaper and available right now.”