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 anunciĂł hoy que su flota de reparto será completamente elĂ©ctrica para 2040, incluyendo metas progresivas, como el 50% de su adquisiciĂłn de vehĂculos elĂ©ctricos 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 EnergĂa de la administraciĂłn Biden.
“Necesitamos cambio. Un gran nĂşmero de plantas energĂ©ticas de carbĂłn y gas no pudieron operar durante este tiempo extremo. Y mientras que algunas fuentes renovables tambiĂ©n quedaron fuera de servicio, la energĂa limpia resultĂł ser más fiable que los combustibles fĂłsiles 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.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Earlier today, the Sierra Club submitted its comments on Xcel’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). While Xcel’s IRP includes some actions that are vital to reaching 100% carbon free electricity by 2040 or sooner, it also contains proposals that would make it impossible for them to achieve that goal. Most critically, Xcel has refused to reconsider its ill-advised proposal to build a new 800 MW combined cycle methane gas plant in 2027 (“Sherco CC”).
Washington, DC -- Today, Bank of America announced a new commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its financing activities, operations and supply chain before 2050, and released an updated environmental policy.
