Category: Articles
Kemper Scandal Unraveling Southern Company’s Credibility
A corporate rebrand won't rid Southern Company of its history of misinforming the public on climate change, or their forthcoming problems with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Southern Company Scandal: The Documents
Read the documents behind Southern Company's Kemper Scandal that has prompted the Securities and Exchange Commission to open a formal investigation into the utility company.
Southern Company’s Kemper Scandal and Why Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Will Never Work
Southern Company's Kemper scandal illustrates that investments in carbon capture and storage technology and “clean coal” have wasted billions of dollars, remain too expensive, and are not viable options to...
Peabody Energy Funding Climate Change Denial and Anti-Renewable Campaigns
Analysis of bankruptcy court documents reveals Peabody Energy funding climate denial that span trade associations, lobby groups, and industry front groups.
Southern Company’s Kemper Power Plant: Latest Utility Boondoggle at the Expense of Customers
Public frustrations of construction work in progress laws have not been limited to Mississippi. Utility companies throughout the country have been benefiting from this policy for years, and Kemper is...
Edison Electric Institute Caught Secretly Working To Influence FTC Solar Workshop
The Edison Electric Institute was behind a ghostwritten letter from Rep. Yvette Clarke that took a swipe at the rooftop solar industry - a tactic EEI has been using over...
Groups Ask Indiana Supreme Court to Reconsider Legislative Public Records Case
Last month, in a 4 – 1 ruling, the Indiana Supreme Court agreed that APRA does apply to the General Assembly, but the Court still did not require disclosure of...
NextEra Energy Shareholders Reject Resolution on Projected Sea Level Rise and Climate Change Impacts
Shareholders voted 65% against a resolution that would have required the corporation to report material risks and costs of sea level rise scenarios projecting forward to 2100.
FirstEnergy Shareholders Vote Against Proposal for Disclosure of Lobbying Activities and Membership Payments
The shareholder activist stated the inadequate disclosure by FirstEnergy, combined with its active lobbying against the Clean Power Plan, present significant risks to investors.
Duke Energy Shareholders Reject Proposal for Disclosure of Lobbying Activities and Expenditures
Sisters of two Catholic religious orders that own Duke Energy stock want full disclosure of lobbying activities, but the board and shareholders rejected the proposal.