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The House Energy & Commerce Committee has proposed an ambitious Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) that will make significant progress toward achieving President Biden’s 100% clean electricity by 2035 goal and will drive investment that reduces emissions, creates jobs and…

A key House committee expected to approve major historic investment in removing lead pipes and in fixing deteriorating drinking water infrastructure.

Five bills await Governor Gavin Newsom's signature would transform California's streets to make them healthier, safer and more accessible for all.

The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act will create thousands of good-paying jobs, curb air pollution, and address the climate crisis—all while directing the benefits to communities most in need.

Illinois has passed the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (SB2408) into law, redefining the possible and positioning the state as a national leader on equitable climate action.

A top climate bill making its way through the legislature will need to wait until at least January 2022 for further action after it failed to secure the 21 votes needed to pass the state senate.

With the precedent of the pandemic and moratoriums that have lasted several months, there is a unique opportunity to push even further for policies that will dynamically change the way we think about utilities and housing in the U.S.

Here’s some incredible news out of the Department of Energy (DOE): We can expand our solar energy 40-fold over the next 30 years, eliminate carbon emissions from the power grid and create a stunning $1.7 trillion in net economic and…

The Greater Peoria Mass Transit District, also known as CityLink, is celebrating the launch of a new all-electric bus it purchased with a $1.23 million grant from the Edwards Settlement Fund. The bus will join two identical models CityLink purchased…

Continuing to offer more offshore oil lease sales is not the path to meeting the Biden Administration’s climate goals.

Congress must pass the Build Back Better reconciliation package with a well-designed Clean Electricity Payment Program and clean energy tax incentives, including several key features, to combat the climate crisis, create millions of good-paying jobs and drive clean energy innovation.

Recent modeling shows that achieving 80% clean electricity nationwide by 2030 is achievable and will bring enormous climate, public health, and economic benefits. This blog summarizes the key assumptions in the modeling used in an Analysis Group report published today…

Thank you, EPA, for listening to tribes, communities, and supporters—and moving closer to forever stopping catastrophic projects like Pebble Mine.

Responding to request from Bristol Bay tribes—and dealing another blow to destructive Pebble Mine—EPA tells federal court it will move to vacate Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw safeguards against mining in headwaters of Bristol Bay wild salmon fishery.

A clean energy policy like the one under consideration in Congress right now could expand the workforce by nearly 8 million jobs and generate $1 trillion in economic benefits over the next 10 years, according to new independent analysis released…