News & Commentary

Ghost Pipelines: How Landowners Suffer, Long After a Project Gets Canceled

June 21, 2022 ExplainerUnited States, Virginia, Pennsylvania, NebraskaNicole Greenfield

The pipeline threat is gone, but the damage to their property and lives is already done.

Clean Energy Keeps the Lights on in Michigan

June 2, 2022 Expert BlogMichiganSamantha Williams

The electricity supply crunch during summers and other extreme weather is solvable if we confront it head-on with smart solutions in the coming months.

It's Time for Pennsylvania to Act on Environmental Justice

May 2, 2022 Expert BlogPennsylvaniaMark Szybist

The state's DEP should finalize the EJ policy—making revisions in accordance with the equity groups’ recommendations—and put it to work on RGGI investments.

Kalamazoo's Affordable All-Electric New Homes Pilot

April 27, 2022 Expert BlogMichigan, MidwestValeria Rincon

Kalamazoo's Affordable All-Electric New Homes Pilot showcases how new homes in Michigan and the Midwest can be built to be clean, healthy, and affordable.

Time to End Consumers Energy’s Use of Coal

April 13, 2022 Expert BlogMichiganDerrell E. Slaughter

Consumers Energy wants to speed up the retirement of its remaining coal plant—the J.H. Campbell Power Plant, located just outside of Grand Rapids—as part of its plan to become carbon-neutral by 2040.

Gibbstown LNG Terminal: A Catastrophe Waiting to Happen

April 13, 2022 DispatchGibbstown, New Jersey, PennsylvaniaNicole Greenfield

Imagine hundreds of trucks and train cars filled with highly explosive fuel coming through your community every day. These Pennsylvanians and New Jerseyans are fighting to extinguish the project—for good.

HB 637 in PA: Still Anti-RGGI, Still Anti-Climate

March 25, 2022 Expert BlogPennsylvaniaMark Szybist

The new amendment to HB 637 is just political bait. Legislators shouldn't take it.

Pennsylvania Needs RGGI Now More Than Ever

March 23, 2022 Expert BlogPennsylvaniaJackson Morris, Mark Szybist

Unfortunately, though, some legislators have been trying to block the Commonwealth from moving forward with this proven program, while proposing no climate solutions of their own.

Clean Transportation in PA: Big Questions for 2022 (Part 3)

March 18, 2022 Expert BlogPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaRabi Abonour, Kathy Harris, Mark Szybist

Pennsylvania's transit systems are at a turning point and the state must act to support a more sustainable future.

Clean Transportation in PA: Big Questions for 2022 (Part 2)

March 16, 2022 Expert BlogPennsylvaniaKathy Harris, Mark Szybist, Rabi Abonour

Will the Public Utility Commission take on EV rate design and utility support for electrification?

Clean Transportation in PA: Big Questions for 2022 (Part 1)

March 10, 2022 Expert BlogPennsylvaniaKathy Harris, Mark Szybist, Rabi Abonour

How will PennDOT use its EV infrastructure funds provided under the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act?

MI’s Climate Plan Must Deliver Affordable, Efficient Homes

February 3, 2022 Expert BlogMichiganValeria Rincon, Sam Whillans, Laura Goldberg

The Michigan Healthy Climate Plan includes notable recommendations to reduce emissions but it simply does not go far enough in focus and ambition.

Michigan's Climate Plan

January 31, 2022 Expert BlogMichiganDerrell E. Slaughter

It is going to take all of us to engage in solving the climate crisis. We here in Michigan now have a great opportunity to be part of the solution. Don’t wait: Weigh in on MI Healthy Climate Plan today!

Four Facts about Electricity Costs & RGGI in Pennsylvania

January 12, 2022 Expert BlogPennsylvaniaMark Szybist

Opponents of the Pennsylvania DEP's proposed CO2 Budget Trading Program are mounting a disinformation campaign about the program's impact on electricity bills. Here are the facts.

Philadelphia Gas Utility Explores Business Diversification

December 9, 2021 Expert BlogPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaEmily Barkdoll, Mark Szybist

Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability and Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), the City-owned gas utility, have released a report summarizing the findings from the Philadelphia Gas Works Business Diversification Study, an exploration of pathways for PGW, its workers, and its customers to…

Pennsylvania, RGGI, and the Case of the Zombie Resolution

December 9, 2021 Expert BlogPennsylvaniaMark Szybist

For Thousands of Years, Indigenous Tribes Have Been Planting for the Future

November 30, 2021 DispatchIowa, Canada, Pennsylvania, OklahomaSusan Cosier

With yields of biodiversity and a more climate-resilient food supply, a movement is sprouting in BIPOC communities across North America to save heirloom seeds and preserve culture.

On Climate, Pittsburgh Puts Its Money Where Its Goals Are

November 19, 2021 Expert BlogPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaJay Orfield, Irene Nielson

Transforming city budgets to address climate change will be essential to meeting our climate goals, and Pittsburgh has taken a first step.

Counting Votes and Losing Time: An Update on RGGI in PA

October 26, 2021 Expert BlogPennsylvaniaMark Szybist

From Memphis to the White House, This Advocate Is Confronting Redlining and Environmental Injustice

October 25, 2021 DispatchMemphis, FlintShelia Hu

LaTricea Adams, who founded Black Millennials for Flint, is now pushing the Biden administration to remediate the impacts of our country’s historically racist policies.