ST PAUL, MN -- One week ahead of Earth Day, a coalition of Minnesota environmental, worker, Indigenous and progressive groups released a mid-term climate report card grading Governor Walz on his actions to ensure a sustainable and equitable future for Minnesota. Unfortunately, the report card found that Governor Walz’s actions fall short of the bold and decisive measures needed to respond to the climate crisis. Of the nine areas identified in the report card, Governor Walz received mainly F’s and D’s.
ST CLOUD, MN -- Earlier today, community members from across Central Minnesota held a press conference demanding that Xcel Energy commit to 100% clean, renewable energy, to express opposition to building a new fossil gas plant and gas pipeline in Becker, and to remind the utility that Minnesotans are not fossil fools.
El Presidente Joe Biden anunció hoy su Plan de Empleos en Estados Unidos, el cual se compromete a invertir equitativamente en la infraestructura del país para atacar la crisis climática y crear millones de trabajos bien remunerados.
ST CLOUD, MN -- Tomorrow morning, organizations and community members from across Central Minnesota will hold a press conference to demand that Xcel Energy commit to 100% clean, renewable energy, to express opposition to building a new fossil gas plant and gas pipeline in Becker, and to remind the utility that Minnesotans are not fossil fools.
What: A virtual press conference calling on Xcel Energy to increase its commitment to 100% clean and renewable energy
Kansas City, MO -- Evergy customers in Missouri and Kansas came together tonight to provide public testimony on the utility’s long-range energy plans for each state. More than eighty people attended the People's Hearing, with almost thirty people sharing public testimony over the course of two hours. Evergy customers and organizations that operate in its service territory were clear in their call for a quick and just transition from fossil fuels to clean energy in order to mitigate the worst impacts of our changing climate.
Today, the City of LA released the long-awaited LA100 study, which lays out four detailed paths for the City to achieve 100% clean energy as soon as 2035 (and 98% by 2030). Back in 2016, when the City Council directed the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to study the equitable transition away from fossil fuels, LA was one of only 17 cities in the country that had committed to achieving clean energy. Now the number of US cities committed to 100% clean energy is above 170, and LA is the first to take this next important step toward following through on their commitment.
Clean energy groups, in public comments submitted on March 13, are calling on the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to halt its plans for a massive build-out of gas-fired power plants that are inconsistent with President Biden’s call for net zero emissions in the power sector by 2035.
FedEx anunció hoy que su flota de reparto será completamente eléctrica para 2040, incluyendo metas progresivas, como el 50% de su adquisición de vehículos eléctricos para 2025.
Washington, DC -- Today, Citi announced a new commitment to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions for its financing by 2050, but put off providing key details, instead promising an initial plan “within the next year.” Citi announced that its net zero plan will include “emissions reduction targets for carbon-intensive sectors that also have low-carbon transition opportunities, including interim emissions targets for 2030 for our Energy and Power portfolios.” Citi has been the
La ex gobernadora de Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, fue confirmada por el Senado Federal como secretaria de Energía de la administración Biden.
“Necesitamos cambio. Un gran número de plantas energéticas de carbón y gas no pudieron operar durante este tiempo extremo. Y mientras que algunas fuentes renovables también quedaron fuera de servicio, la energía limpia resultó ser más fiable que los combustibles fósiles durante esta crisis.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- The Oklahoma State Legislature reconvened on Monday, February 1, amidst the COVID pandemic, an ever-worsening climate crisis, and national conversations about racial and environmental justice.