Today, on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council, I wrote the National Marine Fisheries Service to let them know that if they didn’t take final action on our request that they list the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera…
Congress is expected to vote as early as Tuesday on a $1.5-trillion package of tax cuts, mostly for corporations and wealthy individuals, that would saddle our children with unconscionable debt and expose irreplaceable Arctic wilderness to industrial ruin for the…
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today issued an “advance notice” soliciting public comment on whether the agency should come up with a replacement plan after repealing the Clean Power Plan.
This webinar covers best practices for financing tough-to-finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in municipalities and local governments. Two years ago, the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank’s (RIIB) mandate and mission was expanded to include financing clean energy projects. This…
The Public Utilities Commission of Colorado has an opportunity to boost the economy and advance the state's environmental goals through energy efficiency. The Commission will soon decide the future of Xcel's energy efficiency programs, and we hope they choose to…
EPA chief Scott Pruitt is a salesman for fossil fuels—but the world tells the Trump administration (again) that it will power forward to fight climate change.
A detailed new analysis from the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the body in charge of New York’s electric grid, confirms that the lights will stay on in New York when the Indian Point nuclear power plant closes in…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today delayed a vote on an historic proposal to retire and replace the state’s last nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, with lower-cost, pollution-free alternatives led by energy efficiency, solar, and wind…
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