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Trump administration nixed funding for California offshore wind terminal after request from a climate denial group

The Committee for Constructive Tomorrow signed onto a letter in June that urged President Trump’s Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to rescind nearly $427 million in federal funding for a Humboldt Bay marine terminal that would serve as a hub for offshore wind development in California.  A Department of Transportation press release touted Duffy’s cancellation...
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Ameren justifies new gas plant with law that it lobbied for

Ameren Missouri is citing a new law that it backed to justify building a methane gas plant that could increase costs for residential customers.  The St. Louis–based monopoly utility invoked Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), the omnibus energy bill passed in April 2025, multiple times in testimony with the Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC). The...

Georgia PSC incumbents take majority of campaign money from regulated utility interests

Georgia Public Service Commission incumbents Fitz Johnson and Tim Echols have each received most of their campaign funding, since January 2024, from individuals and companies associated with the monopoly utilities they regulate. In the District 3 race, incumbent Commissioner Fitz Johnson has received more than 87 percent of his campaign contributions from donors tied to...

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