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House Passes SPEED Act, Failing to Lower Energy Costs or Speed Clean Energy Deployment
Washington, DC — Today, the House of Representatives passed the “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act,” or the SPEED Act. Rather than fixing the real barriers slowing clean energy projects, the SPEED Act weakens the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in ways that would do little to lower costs or … [continued]
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Sierra Club: Rising Prices Directly Linked to Trump Tariffs, Cuts to Clean Energy
CPI Data Released Today Shows Trump’s Trade, Energy Policy is on the “Wrong Course” WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released consumer price index data for September to November, showing a 2.7% increase in inflation for goods and services. BLS did not release an October report due to Republicans’ … [continued]
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Tenant unions are resurging in U.S. cities. Can they work in rural places like Cadillac?
Tenant unions are resurging across Michigan’s cities. In Cadillac, organizers are testing whether tenant organizing can work in rural areas, too.
Coal for Christmas: Local Advocacy Groups Deliver Coal, Protest Letters to JEA
Jacksonville Residents Rallied Against JEA’s Continued Use of Coal and High Rate Hikes Jacksonville, Florida — Today, local advocacy and climate groups delivered costly, polluting coal back to Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) Headquarters just in time for the holidays. Sierra Club Florida, CLEO Institute, NAACP, St. John’s Riverkeepers, and other groups dropped … [continued]
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Electric Utility Affordability Crisis Brewing in South Carolina
Trump’s Executive Order Threatens Consumer Protection Options COLUMBIA, S.C. — An executive order issued by Donald Trump last week could block state guardrails around artificial intelligence and the infrastructure needed to run AI data centers, including popular state-level initiatives, known as large load tariffs, that help ensure tech companies have financial skin in … [continued]
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