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Federal Energy Subsidies: What Are We Getting for Our Money?
Through tax breaks, funding for research and development, and other federal government programs and policies, American taxpayers subsidize the spectrum of energy sources: oil, natural gas, coal...
Coal States’ Futile Bids To Prop Up a Dying Industry
The U.S. coal industry is dying, and the Trump administration's schemes to keep it alive through taxpayer subsidies have likewise hit a dead end. But that's not stopping coal states' increasingly...
States Stick Ratepayers With $15 Billion To Rescue Nukes
Under Udall Proposal, Wind and Solar Would Be Dominant US Energy Source in 15 Years
State Renewables Standards Propel the Clean Energy Revolution
Duke Energy Refuses to Acknowledge the New Realities of the Electricity Market
Duke Energy's new 20-year plan for generating power for its 840,000 Indiana customers shows why the nation's largest electric utility is Public Energy Enemy No. 1. It continues the utility's outdated...
Trump Can’t Kill Wind Power
Earlier this month, President Trump made a couple of unsubstantiated statements about wind power.
Two Big Steps Toward Meeting Our Climate Pledge
A House committee is expected to approve legislation today to require the Trump administration to produce a plan to meet America's international commitments to fighting climate change.
Trump and Big Oil Want To Pull the Plug on the Electric Car Market
President Trump's proposed budget for 2020 would eliminate the federal tax credit for buyers of electric vehicles. The oil industry is backing the proposal, as well as a bill to impose a “user fee” –...
A Bill of Rights To Keep Utilities From Penalizing Solar Customers
Duke Energy, the largest investor-owned electric utility in the U.S., wants to charge customers in South Carolina more for using less energy. Duke is asking state regulators for permission to more...
Why an ‘All of the Above’ Energy Policy Is Wrong for Fighting Climate Change
This week Capitol Hill was abuzz with talk of climate change. Along with the hotly anticipated unveiling of a framework for the Green New Deal, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing...
Why Does the Energy Department Downplay the Future of Renewables?
Is 100 Percent Renewable Energy for the U.S. Possible? Yes.
Homes That Make More Energy Than They Use Quickly Pay Back Added Costs
Not-So-Smart ALEC: Right-Wing Policy Group’s Opposition to Climate Action Drives Away Corporate Members
The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is a right-wing policy shop that brings together conservative state lawmakers and corporations to develop model legislation that promotes what ALEC...
Trump Says He’ll Save Coal Power Plants, But Even Utilities Know He’s Blowing Smoke
The Trump administration's latest idea to “bring back coal” is to let individual states decide how – or even whether – to cut air pollution from coal-burning power plants. The plan is meant to...
Clean Energy Jobs in Great Lakes Outnumber Jobs in Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Energy by More Than 4 to 1
The new clean energy economy provides over four times more jobs in the Great Lakes region than the fossil fuel and nuclear power industries, according to EWG's analysis of recent reports.
Trump’s Coal Bailout, Repeal of Clean Power Plan Would Bring Early Death to Many Americans
The Trump administration's proposals to prop up the coal industry and roll back clean air rules would mean early deaths for tens of thousands of Americans, according to new research.
U.S. Regulators Again Reject Trump Scheme to Bail Out Failing Coal and Nuclear Plants
Yesterday, a panel of federal regulators unanimously rejected President Trump's order for an emergency bailout of financially failing coal and nuclear power plants. The bailout would have increased...
Trump’s Bailout of Coal and Nuclear Plants Could Cause Thousands of Early Deaths, Send Utility Bills Soaring
In his continuing crusade to prop up dying industries, President Trump wants to make Americans pay for expensive electricity from dirty, dangerous coal and nuclear power plants – even if cheaper...
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