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Continued High PJM Prices Show Need to Better Manage Data Center Load Growth and Add New Clean Energy Supply

Press ReleasePennsylvania
Today, the nation’s largest grid operator, PJM, announced results for its capacity auction for the 2028/2029 Delivery Year.

Trump Administration Moves to Strip Protections from National Monuments After Congress Refused

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
Trump Administration Moves to Strip Protections from National Monuments After Congress Refused

Legal Battle to Remove Flint’s Lead Pipes is Officially Closed

Press ReleaseFlint
The legal battle to replace Flint’s lead drinking water pipes and restore property damaged in the process is officially over, one year after work required by terms set by a federal court was completed.

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Second Major Heat Wave in Weeks Is Breaking Records

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
A relentless summer of extreme heat is shattering all-time temperature records from the northern Rockies to the East Coast. After highs of 111°F in Billings and 115°F in Miles City, Montana, this week's heat dome is driving heat-index values toward…

EPA Proposal Could Delay Smog Cleanup

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A coalition of environmental organizations submitted comments urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposed "Ozone Reclassification State Implementation Plan Rule," which would allow states to miss deadlines for reducing dangerous ozone pollution and sidestep the consequences the…

Lawsuit Challenges Approval of Nation’s Largest Rail Facility in California

Press ReleaseCalifornia
A coalition of conservation and environmental justice groups sued the city of Barstow today for approving a 5,000-acre rail yard and warehouse project that will worsen already poor air quality and destroy desert habitat without performing the required environmental reviews.

Deadly Heatwave Hits Both Sides of Atlantic 

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
A dangerous heat dome is settling over much of the United States this week, with "feels-like" temperatures expected to top 100–110°F for more than 200 million people through the July 4th weekend

Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Home Energy Choice Act

Press ReleaseSacramento
A bill that gives households the option to receive a financial incentive to electrify their homes instead of utilities defaulting to replacing aging natural gas service lines passed unanimously (11-0) out of the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications.

Trump’s War on Wind, Part Four

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Trump administration announced it would be paying off another company not to produce offshore wind energy, the fourth time it has wasted taxpayer funds this way. 

NRDC: California’s Coastal Management Authority Is Under Attack

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Trump administration has formally initiated a federal review of California's Coastal Management Program under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA). It is holding public meetings to specifically solicit comments on the state's oversight of offshore oil production, spaceport infrastructure…

Court Upholds Life-Saving National Soot Air Quality Standard

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the national, health-based limit on fine particulate matter (PM2.5), also known as soot, that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) strengthened in 2024.