Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality announced they are suing the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) for repeated violations of common-sense environmental protections.
DUNEDIN, FL -- Today, the Dunedin City Commission unanimously approved a resolution establishing a goal of powering municipal operations entirely with renewable sources of energy by 2035, and community-wide by 2050.
The Ready For 100 Chicago Collective consists of community groups, state and national organizations, businesses, and unions united in moving Chicago to renewable energy
SAN ANTONIO— On Saturday, December 15, the Climate Action SA coalition will host a party to celebrate the upcoming closure of the J.T. “Dirty” Deely coal-fired power plant. Deely is one of two coal plants owned and operated by CPS Energy in San Antonio and is a major source of harmful air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
New York, NY-- On Saturday, December 8th from coast-to-coast, crowds will join events to oppose Trump’s border wall and militarization efforts, including recent atrocities committed at the border against asylum seekers and billions of dollars requested for additional border wall and militarization by the President and Congress.
NEW YORK/ #BreakDownWalls Event
Austin, TEXAS. -- This afternoon, Xcel Energy announced its commitment to reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050. This is the first major interstate utility in the U.S. to commit to eliminating carbon emissions. Xcel’s move to a zero-emissions grid exceeds the emissions reductions set by the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan, which the Trump Administration rejected in a futile effort to boost the coal industry and undermine clean energy’s progress.
Austin, TEXAS. -- This afternoon, Xcel Energy announced its commitment to reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050. This is the first major interstate utility in the U.S. to commit to eliminating carbon emissions. Xcel’s move to a zero-emissions grid exceeds the emissions reductions set by the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan, which the Trump Administration rejected in a futile effort to boost the coal industry and undermine clean energy’s progress.
Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced plans today to roll back carbon pollution standards for new coal-fired power plants, a move many onlookers view as another bid to help his former employers in the coal industry.
The U.S. Senate confirmed coal bailout architect and fossil fuel proponent Bernard McNamee to the technology-neutral Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today, despite strong opposition from public health groups, environmental organizations, and elected leaders.
Today, Northern Colorado Partners for Clean Energy (NCP4CE) applauds the Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) Board of Directors’ unanimous vote to commit to a goal of a 100 percent non-carbon resource mix by 2030. The board’s vote represents the culmination of years of advocacy for 100 percent clean, renewable electricity from community members living in PRPA’s four owner municipalities of Fort Collins, Longmont, Estes Park and Loveland. The goal was adopted as part of the utility’s Resource Diversification Policy and approved by the PRPA Board of Directors.