Groups warn partisan “rescissions” could slash funding for education, healthcare, clean water, safe food, and housing The post 50 NY Groups Urge Schumer to Block Trump’s Budget Gimmick appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
“With fundamental issues of public health, safe food and clean water on the line, Schumer and Senate Democrats must stand firm." The post 200+ Groups Call on Schumer, Dems to Reject Any Funding Bill Without Rescissions Ban appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
Republican official warns project would raise bills, threaten Raritan Bay The post Staten Island BP Fossella Opposes Williams NESE Pipeline appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
Oxnard City Council, residents, advocates call on CA legislature to pass Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act The post Oxnard City Council Passes Resolution in Support of Climate Superfund appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
Trump’s pro-fracking policy will boost an industry that threatens us with radioactive pollution. State leaders must stand up for PA.| Food & Water Watch
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget is collecting plans for environmental deregulation behind closed doors. We’re suing to shed light on them.| Food & Water Watch
The public letter highlights statewide opposition to the Williams NESE pipeline, citing higher utility bills and risks to local communities.| Food & Water Watch
Dangerous CO2 pipeline bills also expected to be heard in Appropriations soon| Food & Water Watch
Climate Change Superfund Act Being Challenged by Trump; Law Requires Fossil Fuel Companies to Help Pay for Climate Crisis Costs| Food & Water Watch
"Zeldin’s claim that the EPA shouldn’t address climate emissions is like a fire chief claiming they shouldn’t fight fires."| Food & Water Watch
As flooding disasters increase, Duke Energy expands fossil fuels and suppresses solutions| NC WARN
"The data center industry is being leveraged as an excuse to prolong the life of climate-killing fossil fuel power and dangerous nuclear plants."| Food & Water Watch
Today, AB 881 – one of the bills currently moving through the legislature that would create a pathway to lift the state’s partial CO2 pipeline moratorium – passed unanimously out of the Senate Environmental Quality committee. The other bill, SB 614, is also expected to be heard shortly. California environmental advocates working to alert the […]| Food & Water Watch
Recent horrific floods make investment in government, infrastructure, and ending climate-wrecking industries more important than ever.| Food & Water Watch
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The Office of Public Counsel provided expert testimony that FPL should decrease rates by $620.5 million in 2026 instead of the near $1.545 billion increase the company’s filings requested for the same period| Food & Water Watch
“As we approach Independence Day, Republicans in Congress have passed a budget that is a direct attack on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."| Food & Water Watch
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Incentivizes Factory Farm Pollution Nationwide| Food & Water Watch
NC SB 266 would shield Duke from risk – after the corporation failed 19 times building reactors NC WARN’s attorney and activists worked with Southeastern allies to help block over two dozen experimental Westinghouse reactors in the 2010s. Corner-cutting, deception and corporate arrogance were keys to the billions of dollars […] The post Will NC Politicians Help Duke Energy Gamble our Power Bills and Safety on Experimental Nuclear Plants? — NC WARN News Release appeared first on NC WARN.| NC WARN
Big Tech is pushing small modular reactors as a “climate solution.” But nuclear is a hazardous distraction from real renewables.| Food & Water Watch
A new poll shows 68% of New Jersey voters back the bill; a majority of Democratic legislators and 40+ municipalities are also now on board.| Food & Water Watch
The Governor’s push for a new nuclear plant is wildly out of step with New York’s climate and affordability goals.| Food & Water Watch
63% failure rate has wasted billions; now Duke wants customers and taxpayers stuck with even more risk for mythical reactors| NC WARN
Duke Energy Corporation is sidestepping detailed allegations about its role in a decades-long campaign to deceive the public about the dangers of fossil fuels, worsening the climate crisis and costing a North Carolina town millions of dollars in damages, according to a legal filing today from the town of Carrboro.| NC WARN
WASHINGTON— More than 60 U.S. research scientists today urged North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein to use his executive authority to stop Duke Energy Corp.’s fossil-fuel buildout and suppression of renewable energy solutions. These actions are critical to avoiding the worst damages of the climate emergency and to save lives, the […] The post Scores of Scientists Urge N.C. Governor to Halt Duke Energy’s Fossil Fuel Buildout — News Release from NC WARN & Center for Biological Diversity appe...| NC WARN
NC WARN has begun running this 30-second video as a statewide paid ad on TV newscasts, YouTube and other platforms. The video shows the aftermath of storms worsened by Duke Energy’s reliance on climate-wrecking fracked gas and urges Gov. Stein to take bold leadership. Static variations are on some social […] The post Statewide Ads Urge NC Governor Stein to Stop Duke Energy’s Climate-wrecking Practices — NC WARN News Release appeared first on NC WARN.| NC WARN
Climate Lawsuit, Soaring Global Heat Spur Call to End Decades of Deception DURHAM, N.C. – Today 150 environmental, social justice, faith and youth organizations and businesses from across the country called on North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein to confront Duke Energy Corp.’s expansion of planet-warming fossil fuels and obstruction of […] The post 150 Businesses, Groups Urge N.C. Governor to Rein in Fossil Fuel-Friendly Duke Energy — News Release from NC WARN & Center for Biological Diver...| NC WARN
Duke Energy, other top global polluters must rapidly phase out – not expand – fossil fuels!| NC WARN
Expanding fossil fuels and suppressing climate solutions is lousy legacy| NC WARN
NC WARN is honored to work with the Town of Carrboro and the Center for Biological Diversity on this project. Contacts: Patrice Toney, Town of Carrboro, (919) 918-7315, ptoney@carrboronc.gov Jim Warren, NC WARN, (919) 416-5077, jim@ncwarn.org Jean Su, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 770-3187, jsu@biologicaldiversity.org CARRBORO, N.C.— The town of […]| NC WARN
This marks our final annual report, as the Commission comes to the end of our five-year mandate. In 2019, our work focussed once again on carbon pricing — a topic we first addressed in 2014 and have returned to regularly. Since our launch, the political landscape around carbon has changed significantly — and so has […] The post Annual Report 2019: Letter from the Chair appeared first on Canada's Ecofiscal Commission.| Canada's Ecofiscal Commission
This week, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission released its final report. While we have a few loose ends to tie up in 2020, the report signals the end of our research mandate. Over the last five years, we’ve contributed to policy conversations across Canada about water, waste, traffic, risk, and climate change. I’d like to think that […] The post A final note on Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission appeared first on Canada's Ecofiscal Commission.| Canada's Ecofiscal Commission
The release of our final report yesterday highlighted Canada’s options for bridging the gap to its 2030 targets. Bottom line? There are only a finite number of approaches. We have regulations, subsidies, and carbon pricing. But the details of how governments design and implement those policies matters just as much as the choice of approach. […] The post Can we improve the efficiency of carbon pricing and regulations? appeared first on Canada's Ecofiscal Commission.| Canada's Ecofiscal Commission
In the organization’s final report, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission underlines carbon pricing is the lowest-cost option for meeting emissions targets. In the wake of the federal election, it is clear that Canadians want more action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Stronger policies will be essential to achieve our 2030 Paris Accord target for GHG reductions. With […] The post Why carbon pricing remains the smartest policy tool appeared first on Canada's Ecofiscal Commission.| Canada's Ecofiscal Commission
Yesterday, the Conference Board of Canada released an analysis of the impacts of carbon pricing on Canadian industry called Tipping the Scales: Assessing carbon competitiveness and leakage potential for Canada’s EITEIs. The report explains and unpacks some key nuances around competitiveness and leakage. But shortcomings in its framing and methodology ultimately detract from its accuracy […] The post Problematic new study overestimates effects of carbon pricing in Canada appeared first on ...| Canada's Ecofiscal Commission
Last week, in response to the results of the federal election, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs announced he would look at options for implementing a carbon price in his province. It’s a policy shift that embraces a core principle of the Pan-Canadian Framework: provinces creating their own, tailored approach to pricing carbon. A made-in-New-Brunswick approach […] The post New Brunswick embraces carbon pricing; it should choose wisely appeared first on Canada's Ecofiscal Commission.| Canada's Ecofiscal Commission
Yesterday, the government of Alberta unveiled the details of its planned Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation (TIER for short). TIER will put a price on industrial GHG emissions in the province, replacing the previous government’s Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation (CCIR). How does the policy design stack up? In this blog, I review some of […] The post Introducing TIER – Alberta’s new approach to pricing industrial GHG emissions appeared first on Canada'...| Canada's Ecofiscal Commission
Land seizure, secrecy, broken trust are keys to Duke’s unneeded grid expansions.| NC WARN
Duke Energy seeks to block regulatory and media/public debate over NC WARN’s sweeping solar alternative to Dukes’ PRO-Carbon Plan The renowned Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and the University of Texas-Austin (UTA) each have new studies showing that using clean energy resources at the local level can save customers millions, protect […]| NC WARN
Everything Duke Energy leaders propose is very high risk, extremely costly and would guarantee failure for climate efforts.| NC WARN
NC WARN’s sweeping new Sharing Solar campaign coincides with years of advocacy by leading proponents of a US transition to renewable energy| NC WARN