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Press Releases


Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $2 Billion to Retool Shuttered, At-Risk Factories for Electric Vehicles

LANSING, MI - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1.7 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to retool shuttered and at-risk manufacturing  factories to produce…

Biden Administration Approves Ninth Offshore Wind Project off Coast of New Jersey

New Jersey – Today, the Department of the Interior announced its approval of the Atlantic Shores South offshore wind energy project off the coast of New Jersey – the nation’s ninth approved…

New Report Highlights Major Benefits of EPA Power Sector Standard, Dwindling Coal Capacity

Washington, DC – A new report released today by the Rhodium Group outlines the significant climate and health benefits of the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently finalized standard…

Supreme Court Shadow Docket Decision Pauses Good Neighbor Rule, Putting Communities at Risk

Washington, D.C. – A divided 5-to-4 Supreme Court today granted pre-judgment stay applications to block a critically important Environmental Protection Agency rule aimed at reducing interstate smog…

Supreme Court Sides with Polluters in Cross-State Smog Pollution Case

Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court sided with polluting states and industry groups by pausing implementation of EPA’s strategy to address harmful air pollution that…

EPA Proposes Closing Clean Air Act Loopholes for Industrial Polluters

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, EPA announced a proposal to close loopholes in nearly 20 Clean Air Act regulations that allow industrial polluters – such as fossil fuel power plants,…

Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes New Fuel Economy Standards for Cars

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) finalized new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards that will improve the gas…

Environmental Protection Agency Announces Nearly $900 Million in Clean School Bus Awards

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $875 million in awards for the Clean School Bus Program, which will fund the purchase of over 3,400 school…

Environmental and Rural Community Groups Slam Department of Energy’s Weak Review of North Dakota’s Project Tundra (Again)

Montevideo, MN — On May 13, CURE, the Sierra Club, and Dakota Resource Council (DRC) submitted a joint comment challenging the findings of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) most recent…

Biden Administration Announces Tariffs on Chinese Clean Energy Products in Boost to American Workers, Industrial Base

Washington, DC – Today, the Biden administration announced an increase in tariffs on imported goods from China to protect American workers and grow the domestic clean energy economy.…