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Utility front groups spending on disinformation advertising
[…] spenders of any utility front groups tracked by EPI. The non-profit investigative news outlet Floodlight first reported on Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future’s advertisement campaign targeting young,...
Rick Perry: Trump may try to preempt state renewable energy policies
[…] energy generation. In fact, nearly a quarter of the electricity generated in Texas during the first quarter of 2017 came from wind. Ask the Department of Defense too The...
Enchant Energy spent more on lobbying than planning its coal carbon capture project
[…] mention the company’s struggles to attract investors, though without providing details. The report for the first quarter of 2021 mentioned that “Several factors occurred with the investor that delayed...
Tom Stacy: A top anti-wind activist who got paid by a fossil fuel funded group
[…] proposal that was viewed as a thinly veiled bail out package for the Ohio-based electric utility FirstEnergy and Murray Energy. Tom Stacy’s relationship with the Institute for Energy Research continued...
North Dakota has spent millions on a coal industry campaign targeting 100% clean energy legislation in Minnesota
[…] energy transition. The House Climate Energy Finance and Policy Committee is scheduled to hold the first hearing on the 100% clean electricity bill on January 18, but coal industry...
Travis Fisher: Author of Rick Perry’s grid study called clean energy policies a greater threat than terrorism
[…] grid. He instead focused on his attacks on the Clean Power Plan, which set the first-ever national limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that contribute to climate...
Murray Energy paid over $1 million to law firm that’s fought renewable energy
[…] DeWine to replace Randazzo as chairman. Randazzo also faced tough questions about his ties to FirstEnergy at an Ohio House hearing yesterday. Content below was last updated on May 22,...
Michigan integrated resource plans become pivotal in order to hold utilities accountable after clean energy compromise
[…] one of the utilities is serious about its new pledge, when Consumers Energy files its first integrated resource plan (IRP) – a roadmap of how the utility plans to...
Utility Carbon Targets Reflect Decarbonization Slowdown In Crucial Next Decade
[…] the crux of the effort to decarbonize the U.S. economy, which involves two steps: the first is to move all electric generation to zero-carbon sources of electricity. The second...
Attacks on Clean Energy in Ohio
[…] past clients include major utility and fossil fuel interests like Exelon; Occidental; Duke Energy; and FirstEnergy, which is an outspoken opponent of energy efficiency measures in Ohio. The Ohio...