Press Releases Tagged 100% Clean Power
FERC Approves PJM’s Request to Fast-Track Fossil Fuel Buildout
Late last night, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved PJM’s request to prioritize gas plants in the interconnection queue ahead of other resources. In response, Evergreen Action Senior Power Sector Policy Lead Charles Harper released the following statement: “FERC’s decision to allow PJM to fast-track gas projects over renewables...
Evergreen Statement on PJM Settlement
In response to the news that PJM has reached a tentative settlement with Gov. Josh Shapiro that could save consumers more than $21 billion over the next two years, Evergreen Action Deputy State Policy Director Julia Kortrey released the following statement: “Today’s settlement announcement is a major victory for consumers...
ICYMI: Governors Back Shapiro’s PJM Complaint
Last week, four current and former governors sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in support of Pennsylvania’s complaint against PJM’s capacity auction. The letter, signed by Govs. Wes Moore, J.B. Pritzker, Phil Murphy, and former Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, echoes Shapiro’s concerns of PJM’s energy grid management...
NEW POLL: Pennsylvania Voters Strongly Support Significantly Increasing Clean Energy Use
Today, Evergreen Action, joined by PennEnvironment, Conservation Voters of PA, and Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, released new polling from Global Strategy Group that shows a wide bipartisan majority of Pennsylvania voters support the increased usage of clean energy and believe its expansion will boost Pennsylvania’s economy and improve the reliability...
Evergreen Applauds EPA's Commitment to Expedited Standards for Gas Plant Pollution
On Friday, the Biden administration released its 2024 Spring Unified Agenda, announcing that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will propose carbon pollution standards for existing gas power plants by the end of the year. Evergreen Action Senior Power Sector Policy Lead Charles Harper released the following statement responding to this...
IRAirl: What Georgians Are Saying Ahead of the First Presidential Debate
This Thursday, President Joe Biden and Donald Trump will face off in Atlanta, Georgia for the first presidential debate of 2024. The two major party candidates will face each other for the first time since 2020 in the state that has been a proving ground for President Biden’s signature...
Labor, Climate, and Community Leaders Back Pennsylvania DEP Effort to Lower Industrial Climate Pollution and Create Jobs
Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions (RISE PA) Application for Federal Funding Could Bring in $475M in Investment to PA, Create 6,000 Jobs, and Eliminate 5.2 Million Metric Tons of Carbon Pollution Carnegie, PA —Today, the Shapiro administration and local elected officials, labor unions, and climate groups came together in Allegheny County to...
NEW REPORT: Accelerating the Clean Air Act’s Innovation Engine
How EPA Can Reform Air Permitting Programs to Deploy Clean Technologies at Scale
NEW VIDEO: Evergreen Explains How Big Utility Companies Are Scamming The American People
Check out our latest video on utility anti-climate lobbying—and how the American people are funding it through their monthly power bills.
UPDATED EPA REPORT CARD: EPA Is Down to the Wire on 10 Important Power Sector Rules
The agency must ramp up the pace to finalize these rules by April.