This bill provided strong funding for clean energy programs within the Department of Energy and did so without new attempts to add policy riders that would undermine environmental protections. Is this the beginning of a new pattern, or just a…
More than 200 conservation and animal-welfare organizations today urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in a letter to withdraw three dangerous proposals that would undermine the Endangered Species Act.
Gov. Jerry Brown today signed into law a bill to protect the environment, workers, and local communities during the closure of California’s last nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon near San Luis Obispo.
More federal funds are needed to ensure that the Puerto Rico's infrastructure can be rebuilt with strength and sustainability to withstand future hurricane seasons and protect its hard-fought progress toward recovery.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is now required to fully fund the worker retention and community impact mitigation programs and to require electricity providers to submit integrated resource plans that avoid a spike in greenhouse gas emissions when the…
A year after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico has an opportunity to remake its entire energy infrastructure. The island should prioritize resiliency and clean distributed energy as the way forward.
American Electric Power (AEP) filed an amended Long-Term Forecast Report today at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), the first step in demonstrating the need for at least 900 Megawatts of new renewable energy, which would more than double…
The nation needs to break the habit of simply responding to natural disasters by throwing massive amounts of money and effort at them after-the-fact. And the nation needs a Federal Emergency Management Agency that can better support communities' efforts to…
Business, health, and government leaders from around the country and around the world gathered last week to step up their fight against the harms of climate change. It's time for President Trump to do the same.
