WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * $190 Million Clean Energy Project CANCELED In Gabe Evans' District * Evans admitted he voted to "jeopardize" his own district by gutting clean energy tax credits Gabe Evans' district just lost hundreds of clean energy jobs - weeks after Evans cast the deciding vote to gut funding for clean energy projects in Colorado. Amprius Technologies announced it was no longer moving forw  more

SYDNEY, Australia, June 30 (TNSrpt) -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: * * * 'Transformative role': Aboriginal land councils can help NSW reach renewable energy targets Unlocking the renewable energy potential of Aboriginal land could transform communities and accelerate NSW's clean energy transition, a new report says. A new report outlines how strategic support for Aboriginal Land Councils could unlock significant renewable energy capacity and accelerate progre  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Congressional Republicans Take An Axe To Clean Energy, Lujan Reintroduces Commonsense Legislation To Expand Access To Solar Energy For Families And Businesses * Republican Lawmakers Are Working To Cut Funding For Clean Energy; Lujan's Bill Offers A Practical, Commonsense Solution For Our Energy Future Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Community  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Crickets From Kiggans: Congresswoman Silent After Flip-Flopping on Energy Tax Credits * Kiggans, who cast the deciding vote to gut commonsense clean energy tax credits, has gone mum as potential impact on Virginia worsens Has a cat gotten Congresswoman Jen Kiggans' tongue? After spending weeks pledging that she would not cut clean energy tax credits, Kiggans " flip-flopped " a  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release: * * * E2: Senate "Slams Brakes" on Made-in-USA Energy, Putting Projects, Jobs and Energy Security At Risk WASHINGTON (June 28, 2025) - The U.S. Senate is expected to pass a massive tax and spending bill that would phase out and repeal federal tax policies that are creating jobs, driving new investments in manufacturing, and increasing American energy production. Businesses have announced about 400 large-scal  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Full Page Open Letter Calls on Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft to Stop Fueling Climate Change with Data Center Demands * San Francisco, Ca - A full page open letter in the Sunday papers of the San Francisco Chronicle and Seattle Times calls on the country's largest technology company CEOs - Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Google's Sundar Pichai, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, and Microsoft's Satya Nadel  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: In Senate Floor Speech Ahead of Reconciliation Vote, Shaheen Decries Republican Megabill as "Largest Transfer of Wealth from the Poor to the Rich in a Single Bill in History", Urges Colleagues to Vote No * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor tonight to highlight the devastating im  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Files Amendments to Dangerous Republican Budget Megabill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, announced his amendments to President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans' budget megabill in an attempt to thwart the legislation's most catastrophic impacts. The partisan proposal--which Republicans are ramming through Congress usin  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 1 -- The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission issued the following agenda items: * * * INTRODUCTION DECISION ITEMS 1. Details 2024-144 * IP7135/GS-22-57; IP7135/ESS-24-238 Primergy (Northern Crescent) Solar, LLC In the Matter of the Joint Application of Northern Crescent Solar LLC for a Solar Energy Generating System Site Permit and a Battery Energy Storage System Site Permit for the up to 150 MW Northern Crescent Solar and 50 MW Storage Project in Faribault Cou  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 28 -- The Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind, issued the following statement: * * * Oceantic Statement: Senate's Reconciliation Backtrack Raises Prices, Removes Jobs * BALTIMORE - Earlier today, the Senate unveiled its latest reconciliation text, which maintains dramatic cuts to key provisions of the Investment Reduction Act (IRA) designed to bolster American manufacturing, and additional technology-specific tax penalties. In response,  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Rosen Speaks Out Against Extreme Republican Bill to Strip Health Care from Americans, Hurt Nevada * Rosen: "This DC Republican bill is extreme. It's cruel. And it's not what the American people want. They want lower costs. They want economic security. They want their kids to have care when they're sick, and a fair shot to thrive. They don't want their future sold off to billionaires."  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders on the Worst Bill in Modern U.S. History * WASHINGTON, June 29 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today gave remarks on the floor of the Senate opposing President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" which is a gift to the billionaire class while causing massive pain for working families. Sanders remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched HERE : M. President:  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner: * * * Congressman Morgan Griffith Op-Ed: Democratic climate policies drive up blackout risk The following op-ed by Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, appeared in the Washington Examiner this week. "The intense heat wave battering the United States pushes Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: Republicans Are Ripping People Off, Plunging Country Into Energy Crisis To Cut Taxes For Billionaires * WASHINGTON - During a debate on the Republican tax bill, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) condemned the bill's provisions to gut clean energy which will raise people's energy bills by more than a hundred dollars starting next year and make blackouts and power outages more common across  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, July 1 -- The Washington State Department of Ecology issued the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * Ecology blazing the trail for more clean energy projects OLYMPIA - Today, the Washington Department of Ecology released three environmental studies intended to help developers, regulators, Tribes and the public make early decisions about siting and operating large-scale onshore wind and solar energy facilities, and also green hydrogen production and co-located ba  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has approved 2024 Energy Recovery Mechanism Annual Report (Docket UE-250202) by Avista Corp. dba Avista Utilities, Spokane. This approval will result in a 0.1 percent bill decrease for customers impacted by the Power Cost Surcharge - Washington. The decrease is expected to be in effect from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. Avista filed its ERM Annual Report on March 28, 2025, seeking approval for its proposed meth  more

NEW YORK, July 1 -- We Act for Environmental Justice issued the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * Budget Bill is a Big, Bad Disaster: Not in the Public Interest, Increases Energy Costs, Hurts the Health of Vulnerable Communities, and An Assault on Millions of Working-Class People Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill Will Dramatically Increase Federal Deficit, Kick Millions Off Medicaid While Making Them Sicker, Raise Our Energy Bills and Concede Our Global Clean Energy Leadership *  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Highlights How Republicans' Cruel Tax Bill Hurts Working Americans to Help the Ultra-Wealthy: "It's going to inflict bipartisan pain." * Health care, community hospitals, food assistance, jobs are on the line WASHINGTON, D.C. - Late last night, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor to reveal how Republicans' disastrous tax and spending bill will force millions of working A  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Blasts Republican "Death Sentence" for American Clean Energy, Warns of Imminent Utility Bill Hike Washington, D.C. -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the energy tax policy changes Republicans proposed in the latest version of their reconciliation bill: "In the middle of the night, ju  more