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Rick Perry: Trump Might Seize States’ Renewable Energy Goals

Rick Perry: Trump Might Seize States’ Renewable Energy Goals

By Dave Anderson Rick Perry said Tuesday that the Trump administration is having “very classified” conversations about preempting state and local support for renewable energy under the pretense of national security. Perry’s remarks came during an on-stage interview at the 2017 Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit. As Bloomberg reported: During an on-stage interview, Perry was […]

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    Here’s What Happens When You’re a Republican and You Defy the Koch Brothers

    Here’s What Happens When You’re a Republican and You Defy the Koch Brothers

    Last week, Republican Kelly Ayotte narrowly lost her U.S Senate seat in New Hampshire to Democratic challenger, Gov. Maggie Hassan. Although Hassan’s victory is good news for the lone 48 Democratic Senators standing up to a Republican majority and President-elect Donald Trump, Ayotte’s loss means that the GOP senators have one less member who believes […]

    Trump Wins, Renewable Energy Investments Lose and Dirty Energy Stocks Surge

    Trump Wins, Renewable Energy Investments Lose and Dirty Energy Stocks Surge

    Political upheaval has major influence over the stock markets, and with climate-change-denying Donald Trump’s “disaster” of an election win, renewable energy investment is looking bleak at the moment as dirty energy surges. Really?! What is happening?! Leo needs to have a word #TrumpDigsCoal #ClimateChange #BeforeTheFlood #USElection2016 pic.twitter.com/tbqAbpIRn3 — Stacey Goater (@StaceyGoater) November 9, 2016 The […]

    22 of America’s Biggest Air Polluters

    22 of America’s Biggest Air Polluters

    By Jamie Smith Hopkins To see one of the country’s largest coal-fired power plants, head northwest from this Ohio River city. Or east, because there’s another in the region. In fact, nearly every direction you go will take you to a coal plant—seven within 30 miles. Collectively, they pump out millions of pounds of toxic […]

    30 Largest Electric Utilities Ranked on Advances in Renewable Energy and Efficiency

    30 Largest Electric Utilities Ranked on Advances in Renewable Energy and Efficiency

    A new analysis released today by Ceres shows that many of the nation’s largest electric utilities and their local subsidiaries are moving toward lower carbon fuel sources and that ambitious state policies and strong corporate demand for renewable energy are key drivers of this trend. The 2016 Benchmarking Utility Clean Energy analysis ranks the 30 […]