Tag: State Policy Network

Fueling the Opposition:

Fueling the Opposition How fossil fuel interests are fighting to kill wind and solar farms before they are built Click here to download the full report as a PDF EXECUTIVE...

/ August 5, 2024

Caesar Rodney Institute: State Policy Network attacks on offshore wind power

Caesar Rodney Institute: State Policy Network attacks on offshore wind power The Caesar Rodney Institute (CRI) is a Delaware-based affiliate of the State Policy Network (SPN), a 50-state network of...

/ March 5, 2024

State Policy Network: Political attacks on wind and solar power

State Policy Network: Political attacks on wind and solar power The State Policy Network (SPN) is the national organization at the center of a 50-state network of think tank affiliates...

/ March 5, 2024

Cascade Policy Institute: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in Oregon 

Cascade Policy Institute: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in Oregon  The Cascade Policy Institute (CPI) is an Oregon-based member of the State Policy Network (SPN), a 50-state network...

/ March 5, 2024

Texas Public Policy Foundation: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in the Lonestar State

Texas Public Policy Foundation: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in the Lonestar State Texas generates more renewable energy than any other state, but the Lone Star State is...

/ March 5, 2024
Comanche coal plant

Colorado regulators reject coal front group’s attempt to intervene in Xcel Energy resource plan

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has rejected a coal industry front group’s efforts to intervene in Xcel Energy’s resource plan, after the Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel and Colorado Energy...

/ June 10, 2021

In Pennsylvania, a Complex Network of Climate Deniers, Business Groups is Working to Kill RGGI

A tangled web of individuals and groups representing business interests and conservative think tanks lies at the forefront of opposition to Pennsylvania’s attempt to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative...

/ September 25, 2020
An effort to keep Colorado's largest coal plant running, supposedly by the "Independence Institute," was secretly funded and coordinated by a front group for coal mining companies and the state of Wyoming.

Coal mining companies and state of Wyoming secretly funded “Independence Institute” campaign to keep Colorado coal plant running

Coal mining companies and the state of Wyoming secretly coordinated and funded a campaign against Xcel Energy’s proposal to close two units at the largest coal plant in Colorado. While...

/ March 24, 2020

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Again Appoints Ellen Nowak To PSC

With just a few weeks remaining as governor, Republican Scott Walker appointed his top aid Ellen Nowak to the Public Service Commission (PSC). Earlier this year, Nowak was chosen by...

/ December 17, 2018

Todd Wynn, operative for electric utilities and climate denier, the latest industry hire at Department of the Interior

“I think that global warming could be a net benefit for the planet" - Todd Wynn

/ October 19, 2017