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TVA net zero emissions target undercut by new gas
[…] would unlock additional utility scale solutions. Energy efficiency is often referred to as the “ first fuel” reflecting its low cost and ability to save customers money on their...
Texas Public Policy Foundation: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in the Lonestar State
[…] Trust contributed $2 million to TPPF in 2022, as the Center for Media & Democracy first reported. Koch is the billionaire CEO of Koch Industries, a privately owned company...
Donald Trump’s renewable energy and global warming Tweets
[…] Trump also plans to rescind President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, including the Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever limits on global warming pollution from power plants. In addition, Trump aims to...
Documents reveal who’s behind RPS and RGGI repeal bills in New Hampshire
[…] a priority for the Koch network in 2017 As Jim Geraghty of the National Review first reported last weekend, the Koch group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) recently highlighted plans...
Anti-wind activist who backed nuclear bailout bill tied to FirstEnergy
An anti-wind power activist who testified in support of a bill to bail out FirstEnergy Solutions’ nuclear power plants in Ohio did not disclose that he’s worked for the same...
Citizens’ Alliance for Responsible Energy Releases Anti-Solar Report
CARE is a fossil fuel-funded advocacy organization that opposes environmental activism and says that the pursuit of renewable energy will “end the America we know and love.”
Global Climate Coalition documents reveal the electric utility industry’s role in notorious climate denial campaign
[…] & Electric (PG&E) and Southern Company. The role PG&E played in founding what became the first major industry-backed climate denial campaign is particularly notable, given that today the same...
Utilities sent $6.8 million to members of Congress who sought to overturn election results in recent election cycles
[…] Congress who sought to overturn the election results that day. The newsletter Popular Information, which first reported those changes, has also reported that companies such as Citigroup and Deloitte...
Utilities Made A Final Push To Aid Republican and Democratic Governors Associations Leading Up To The Election
[…] filed from 2008 through November 2018. View the full data here. Republican and Democratic Governors Associations FirstEnergy Solutions, the bankrupt subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corporation, contributed $500,000 to the RGA on October...
First Episode of ‘Years of Living Dangerously’ Focuses on Solar Energy and Amendment 1 in Florida
[…] was sponsored by Floridians for Solar Choice, an alliance of conservatives, libertarians, and environmentalists, who first launched their campaign to open the state to solar competition through third party...