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Xcel Energy Announces Ambitious Plan to Eliminate Carbon Emissions by 2050

The Utility Will Reduce Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2030 Denver, CO -- This afternoon, Xcel Energy announced its commitment to reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2030 and 100 percent by…

U.S. Coal Consumption in 2018 is Lowest it’s been in 39 years

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today that American coal consumption in 2018 is expected to be at its lowest level in the past 39 years. EIA’s…

McNamee Moves to Full Senate Despite Overwhelming Evidence of His Inappropriate Preference for Fossil Fuels

Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee reported out the nomination of coal bailout architect Bernard McNamee for the technology neutral Federal Energy Regulatory…

McNamee’s Refusal to Recuse Himself From Considering His Own Coal Bailout Plan Disqualifies Him for FERC

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bernard McNamee, a long time fossil fuel lawyer and architect of the Trump Administration’s failed coal bailout attempt, testified today before the United States’ Senate Energy and…

Sierra Club Report: New Financial Tools for Coal Utilities to Help Cost Effectively Transition to Clean Energy

White paper hyperlinked here WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sierra Club released an energy transition white paper today showing utilities and electricity market stakeholders how to harness financial tools to…

PJM Study Repeats the Obvious: Coal Retirements are Not Impacting Grid Reliability

WASHINGTON, D.C. - PJM Interconnection LLC, America’s largest regional transmission organization, released a study today that found there was “no imminent threat” to the reliability of their…

Sierra Club Submits More Than 56,000 Comments Against ‘Despicable Dirty Power Plan’

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club submitted more than 56,000 public comments from its members and supporters opposing the Trump Administration’s Dirty Power Plan today, the deadline for the…

Wheeler Attacks Obama Admin’s Policies, Then Ridiculously Takes Credit for Their Benefits

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Andrew Wheeler shamelessly took credit for the Obama Administration’s environmental achievements…

Trump Administration Cover Up Is Further Proof That Coal Bailouts Scheme is Unnecessary

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Late Friday afternoon, Bloomberg News reported that the Trump administration is covering up a report commissioned by the Department of Energy that disputes the administration’s…

Trump Administration’s Frantic Rush of Coal Bailout Backer McNamee a Sign of Politics Entering Into Independent FERC

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee announced today that it will take up the nomination of coal bailout architect Bernard McNamee to FERC next week in a hurried…