In the latest move to fight climate change, Governor Brown signed a bill protecting the environment, workers, and local communities during the shutdown process of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.
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…
The public is keenly aware that auctioning off public ocean waters to oil giants is not in the national interest. From catastrophic spills like the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that oiled the entire Gulf region, to “minor” spills and almost…
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.
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.
Se necesitan más fondos federales para garantizar que la infraestructura de Puerto Rico se pueda reconstruir con fuerza y sostenibilidad para resistir futuras temporadas de huracanes.
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.
Aproximadamente un año después del Huracán María, Puerto Rico tiene la oportunidad de reestablecer la mayor parte de su infraestructura energética. La isla debe priorizar un futuro resiliente con energía limpia y distribuida.
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…
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…
La nación necesita romper el hábito de simplemente responder a los desastres naturales lanzándoles cantidades masivas de dinero y esfuerzos después de los hechos. También necesitamos una Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias que pueda apoyar esfuerzos de comunidades…
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…
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