Renewables peak as fossil fuel power generation reaches historic low, while transportation emissions also plummet While not on target to reach 2030 climate goals, state continues to close the gap SAN FRANCISCO — In one of California’s single largest year-over-year emissions reductions on record, the state lowered its climate pollution … [continued]
Our nation’s environment, energy security, and public health is suffering, and the United States has become a drag on the energy revolution it was poised to lead. Since taking office last January, the Trump administration has waged the worst assault in history on the environment and public health. It has … [continued]
Trump Administration “pauses” fully permitted offshore wind projects, escalating its war on clean energy. WASHINGTON, DC — The Trump Administration announced today that it has paused leases on all offshore wind projects that are under construction. The move follows a court ruling that implementing the Administration’s ban on wind energy permits … [continued]
On December 22, President Donald Trump finally ordered a halt to construction activity at the 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. What took you so long, Donald? Trump has been threatening the US offshore wind industry with total destruction ever since January, one notable exception being the Virginia project. Somehow, … [continued]
Trump’s Department of the Interior just halted construction on all five offshore wind projects underway in the United States. The pauses impact these projects: Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind 1. In response, Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement: “Blocking … [continued]
When President Donald Trump decided to stop practically the entire US offshore wind industry in its tracks, he achieved the expected outcomes in terms of lost jobs and missed opportunities to harvest more kilowatts from the sea. Nevertheless, the global wind industry continues to flex its muscles, and the latest … [continued]
In an uncharacteristic move, I got up early a few days ago. (We usually like to stay in bed till we have to get up — retirement has to have some rewards.) So, I thought I would check the NEM Widget and see where our electricity was coming from at … [continued]
Washington, DC — Today, the House of Representatives passed the “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act,” or the SPEED Act. Rather than fixing the real barriers slowing clean energy projects, the SPEED Act weakens the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in ways that would do little to lower costs or … [continued]
Solar and wind power have been supported by Republican and Democratic voters for many years. Even government support of solar and wind have been endorsed by the large majority of voters. Nonetheless, the Republican Party has decided to not only cut support for solar and wind power, but it has … [continued]
INDIANAPOLIS – A full page open letter in the Sunday papers of the Indianapolis Star calls on the country’s largest technology company CEOs — Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella — to power their data centers with clean energy, or risk failing to meet their own … [continued]
