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States Can Act Now to Create Workplace Heat Standards

BackgrounderUnited StatesJuanita Constible
There are several pathways to heat standards, which vary by the different buckets of state plan states and territories.

Trump EPA Rejects Hawaiʻi's Clean Air Plan, Preventing Utility's Own Requests to Retire Aging Oil-Burning Plants

Press ReleaseHonolulu
The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency finalized its rejection of Hawaiʻi's Regional Haze State Implementation Plan on Friday.

House Transportation Bill Would Stick Americans With New Fees, Higher Costs

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released legislation that would set priorities and funding for federally funded transportation over the next five years.

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Burgum Halts Empire Wind Project

Press ReleaseNew York
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum put out a social media post and memo ordering a halt to construction on the Empire Wind offshore wind project.

EPA’s Reckless Move to Halt Clean Energy Grants

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced that the agency would cancel $20 billion of contracts that are poised to deliver unprecedented clean energy upgrades to homes, businesses, schools, and churches across the nation.

The State of the Union is Dire

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States
President Trump will address a joint session of Congress tonight.

Trump’s Wrong Turn on Wind Energy

Press ReleaseMidwest, United States, Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas
President Trump announced today that he was halting new leasing for wind projects while fast-tracking plans to have more production of oil and gas on federal lands and waters.

Report: EPA Rules a "Backstop" for Power Emissions

Press ReleaseUnited States
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon pollution standards for power plants are a critical backstop to ensure that the power sector achieves emissions reductions possible from the cost-effective growth in clean energy, a new analysis published in the journal Science…

Clean Energy to Get Boost from New IRS Guidance

Press ReleaseUnited States
The U.S. Department of Treasury released final guidance today for the clean electricity investment and production tax credits, setting standards that will allow power and energy storage investments to thrive for years to come.

NRDC: Supreme Court OKs Power Plant Rules

Press ReleaseUnited States
In a win for the climate, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an attempt by industry groups and some states to halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon rules for power plants.

The Cost of Slow-Walking Clean Energy in PJM

Press ReleaseUnited States
Yesterday PJM announced the results of its 2025/26 capacity auction, which revealed that costs will be roughly seven times greater than in 2024/25. The total capacity bill for the region will increase from $2.4 billion to about $14.7 billion, which…