WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 [Category: Energy] -- The American Clean Power Association posted the following news release: * * * ACP Statement on Treasury Department Guidance for Wind and Solar Projects * WASHINGTON, D.C., August 15, 2025 -- The American Clean Power Association (ACP) issued the following statement from ACP CEO Jason Grumet in response to the Treasury guidance released today for wind and solar projects: "The Treasury Department's decision to accelerate the phase out of clean energy  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Arizona Corporation Commission Votes to Proceed with Repeal of Arizona's Renewable Energy Standard * PHOENIX, ARIZ - Thursday, the Arizona Corporation voted 5-0 to proceed with repealing Arizona's Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (REST), despite the significant benefits it provides to ratepayers and strong opposition by clean energy advocates. The REST rules have incentivized developme  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSrep) -- BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of labor unions and environmental organizations, issued the following news release: * * * BlueGreen Alliance Announces New Solar Supply Chain Resource, Reveals Critical Gaps in Domestic Clean Manufacturing The BlueGreen Alliance announced its latest supply chain analysis (https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/u-s-solar-manufacturing-a-supply-chain-analysis/) and map today. The resource details U.S. solar manufacturing and i  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 16 -- The Central New York Community Foundation issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * Impact Investing Profile: Home Headquarters The Central New York Community Foundation provided $1.86 million in short-term, low-interest recoverable grants to Home HeadQuarters to sustain critical affordable housing programs while the nonprofit awaited state and federal grant reimbursements. * Early last year, the Central New York Community Foundation made two r  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * New Hampshire Congressional Delegation Decries EPA's Unlawful Attempt to End Solar Program Providing $43 Million for Granite State * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), sent a letter to U.S. Department of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Ends the Inflation Act's Welfare for the Wealthy, Big Banks, Billion-Dollar Companies, & China Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement ahead of Saturday's three-year anniversary of the Democrats' Inflation Act becoming law: "The Inflation Act showed Democrats'   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 [Category: Energy] -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release: * * * Solar and Storage Industry Statement on Treasury Department Changes to Tax Credit Guidance * WASHINGTON D.C. -- Following is a statement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on new Treasury Department guidance narrowing "Commence Construction" rules for energy tax credits: "The Treasury Department's new guidance   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * STATEMENT FROM SENATOR CURTIS ON ADMINISTRATION'S WIND AND SOLAR GUIDANCE Provo, Utah -- Senator John Curtis (R-UT) today issued the following statement in response to guidance posted by the Department of Treasury regarding Executive Order 14315, Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources (90 F.R. 30821), issued July 7, 2025: "I appreciate the w  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Tries to Disrupt Solar and Wind Power Tax Credits * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a stunning disregard of the deal reached in Congress this summer, the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance today that would severely restrict the ability of solar and wind projects to qualify for tax credits. The Republicans' tax bill this year phased out incentives for so  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration's New Tax Credit Guidance Is "Another Senseless Attack on Clean Energy" * "The Trump administration's new tax credit guidance represents yet another senseless attack on clean energy that will drive up electricity costs, make our energy grid less reliable, harm our economy and lead to more deaths and disease from harmful air pollution. The guidance places s  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Treasury Cuts Access to Renewable Energy Tax Credits * Washington, D.C. - According to reporting, the U.S. Treasury issued new guidance that tightens restrictions for renewable energy tax credits and effectively limits renewable energy projects from accessing tax credits that would help lower the cost of energy and add more reliable and renewable energy to the U.S. electricity grid.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Whitehouse Lead 30 Colleagues in Demanding EPA Obey the Law and Restore Solar for All, Other Green Bank Program Funding * Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), led 30 of their Senate colleagues in demanding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin obey  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * Whitehouse, Van Hollen Lead 30 Colleagues in Demanding EPA Obey the Law and Restore Solar for All, Other Green Bank Program Funding Lawmakers warn Trump Administration is violating the law by terminating $27 billion in congressionally obligated funding for affordable clean energy * Senator Sheldon White  more