BOSTON, MA -- On December 9, the Department of Public Utilities issued an order approving the petition of NSTAR Gas Company d/b/a Eversource Energy to build a new gas pipeline to the Town of Douglas and to build out a distribution system to begin service in the town, despite gas expansion being plainly inconsistent with the Commonwealth’s climate laws, which require Massachusetts to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
In response to the order, Sierra Club issued the following statement:
Boise, ID— This week, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) released its decision to approve Idaho Power’s maligned and disputed “VODER” (value of solar) study, seemingly ignoring significant pushback from solar advocates and public commenters against the utility's years-long attempt to reduce rooftop solar compensation rates
Despite new goals, world's largest fossil fuel financier is still not doing enough on climate
Today, Congress is voting on a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2023, which would fund the government through September 2023. The bill will provide much-needed increases in funding for environmental agencies and programs, and it will help protect frontline communities by again blocking legislation that would rubber-stamp the Mountain Valley Pipeline and weaken critical environmental safeguards. At the same time, it is sorely lacking in funding to promote lands conservation and wildlife protections.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Beth Geer, Michelle Moore, Robert Klein, William Renick, Adam Wade White, and Joe Ritch today as new members of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors.
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La Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental (EPA) finalizó hoy su regla final para actualizar los estándares que reducirán la contaminación de vehículos pesados.
PORTLAND — Today, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) voted to adopt the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) program, setting the state on a path to lower vehicle emissions and a healthy transition to electric vehicles and cleaner air, by requiring that every new light-duty vehicle sold in Oregon to be a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) by 2035.
El Servicio Postal de Estados Unidos (USPS) anunció hoy un radical cambio de planes, tras año y medio de significativa presión pública por la miope decisión de comprar cientos de miles de camiones de combustión interna en lugar de renovar su flota con vehículos 100% eléctricos.
Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) made its final decision in Georgia Power’s 2022 rate case with a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Bubba McDonald opposing.