WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Krishnamoorthi Presses Energy Department on Rising Electricity Costs in Wake of New Illinois Grid Report * WASHINGTON Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today sent a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright raising concerns about rising electricity costs and grid reliability risks facing Illinois families and businesses in the wake of a new Illinois Resource Adeq  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Statement on Jen Kiggans and Donald Trump Halting Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) * In response to the Trump Administration announcing today that it will halt the lease for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind - the largest offshore wind project in the entire country - which is represented by vulnerable Republican Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, who voted earlier this year to roll   more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 22 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * How Climate Policies that Incentivize and Penalize Can Drive the Clean Energy Transition * A study arriving at a critical moment The study comes out at a pivotal time for U.S. and global climate policy. The transition to a new U.S. administration in 2025 has cast uncertainty on many clean energy incentives enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). At the same time, the fe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Blasts Latest Trump Attempt to Halt Revolution Wind Project * East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement opposing the Trump Administration's baseless pause of Revolution Wind, a near-complete offshore wind project that is going to help power more than 350,000 homes (link is external) in Southern New England and save Connecticut ratepayers ove  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT's top research stories of 2025 * In 2025, MIT's research community had another prolific year filled with exciting scientific and technological advances. To celebrate the achievements of the past 12 months, MIT News highlights some of our most-read stories from this year. * More powerful concrete "batteries" : MIT researchers combined cement, water, ultra-fine carbon black, a  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 23 -- The Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind, issued the following statement on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * Oceantic Statement: Offshore Wind Construction Pause Targets American Jobs and Affordable Energy Today, the Department of the Interior ordered a pause and suspended leases for the five offshore wind projects currently under installation activity - Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind-Commercial, Empire Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Sunrise Wind, an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Panetta, Ways & Means Members Introduce American Affordability Act to Lower Costs for Americans * Washington, DC - United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) joined Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Thompson (CA-04), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01), and other Ways and Means members in introducing the American Affordability Act of 2  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Assault on Wind Energy Leaves Permitting Reform Dead in the Water U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement after the Tr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * Trump's Assault on Wind Energy Leaves Permitting Reform Dead in the Water Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), iss  more