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Boosting Michigan’s Energy Future with Regional Transmission Upgrades

Union of Concerned Scientists

This much-needed set of 18 projects will improve electricity reliability, address overloaded wires , and help unlock more lower-cost wind and solar power to replace costly, polluting fossil fuel plants in Michigan and many other states in the Midwest (including Illinois and Minnesota ). Source: MISO.

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Statement in Response to Parliamentary Budget Office’s Costing of the Carbon Capture and Hydrogen Investment Tax Credits

Enviromental Defense

Statement by Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – New analysis released today from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) demonstrates that the Government of Canada is still intent on providing massive subsidies to fossil fuel companies.

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Seven Years after Hurricane María, in Puerto Rico You Can’t Even Count on Keeping the Lights On   

Union of Concerned Scientists

In a report this year to its shareholders, New Fortress Energy leadership stated its plan to replace the aging generating fleet in Puerto Rico with methane gas units, saying that solar power and storage would be complementary to the generation mix. Fossil fuels account for 94% of electricity generation in Puerto Rico.

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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Ohio- $2.80 PA- $3.27 -- Reuters: US Gasoline Prices Set To Climb As Presidents New Tariffs Kick In -- Bloomberg: Oil Posts 7th Weekly Loss On Easing War Risk, Tariff Chaos -- American Gas Association: Presidents Tariffs On Canadian Natural Gas Will Cost US Consumers At Least $1.1