Wind and solar projects in the western U.S. have reached price levels that few would have predicted even a few years ago. These prices should have every policymaker, utility, and energy investor in the region reconsidering their thinking about how…
In the face of threatened rollbacks and inaction on national appliance energy efficiency standards by the Trump administration, the states are stepping up to protect their citizens and climate. Driven by their desire for climate leadership as part of the…
At McDonalds, even incremental progress towards achieving sustainability goals can be significant. Today, the restaurant giant announced a new commitment to up its recycling game. Under the new goals, McDonalds says it will encourage and enable recycling in every one…
Companies are pumping oil out of the ground every day in Los Angeles, exposing nearby residents to a toxic cocktail of health-threatening emissions. Safeguards for communities at the city, state, and federal levels have lagged far behind where they should…
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt might have hoped he could get by with one hearing on repealing the Clean Power Plan in coal country, that he'd get an outpouring of public support for rolling back climate protections, and that he could…
The historic proposal to retire and replace California’s last remaining nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, was mostly rejected today in a final decision unanimously adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which removed critical elements protecting the climate, plant…
EPA’s latest annual assessment of new automobile fuel economy shows that automakers have made great progress building fuel-efficient vehicles when fuel economy standards are tightened.
The California Public Utilities Commission has unanimously approved 15 utility pilot programs with a collective budget of $43 million to “accelerate widespread transportation electrification,” as required by a landmark clean energy bill adopted in 2015.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today rejected much of an historic joint proposal to retire and replace the state’s last nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, with lower-cost, pollution-free alternatives, instead removing critical elements to protect the climate, plant workers, and…
The House's $81 billion hurricane disaster aid package includes some poison pills that would harm disaster mitigation programs and endangered species. The Senate should reject these in it's aid package.
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