Climate, environmental justice and community-led social justice organizations filed testimony on April 18, 2024, detailing a litany of cost, climate and equity objections to a proposed rate hike from NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility.

NW Natural seeks to increase profits and expand its gas system at ratepayers’ expense

Assembly kills NY HEAT Act in final budget deal, the leading policy to address energy affordability and climate change

It’s time for the largest manufacturing hub in the country to develop a blueprint for zero emissions. Legislation like AB 2083 can get us there.

California leads the nation in securing emissions reductions in the transportation sector.

A new policy combined with state funding will speed up Washington’s transition to all-electric, zero-emission school buses.

To meet health and climate imperatives, we need to drive our freight system more aggressively toward zero emissions

Matt Vespa, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Thankfully, since 2019, cities and local air quality agencies have developed a wide variety of policy paths to move forward, from energy codes to air quality protections, to protect their residents and help us all step into a zero-emissions future. The future is clean energy, and nothing can hold…

Here’s what the standards will do for health and climate.

Pressure rises for NYS Assembly to support NY HEAT in final budget to save New Yorkers money and fight climate change

Sasan Saadat, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, Clean Energy Program: “It feels like the shots are being called behind the scenes. What we heard from the board was pretty unambiguously, ​‘We’d like to see this tightened up.’”

Sara Gersen, Attorney, Right to Zero: “SoCalGas’ hydrogen project threatens to increase lung-searing pollution in a community already breathing some of the most polluted air in the country.”

The NYS Assembly included new policy that codifies a 6% cap on energy bills for eligible low-income New Yorkers

Adrian Martinez, Attorney, Right to Zero: “We’ve got to eliminate our reliance on combustion. The program as designed will continue to provide lucrative incentives for combustible fuels well into the future. The stakes are very, very high.”

With the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, California would be locked in to waste $27 billion in climate dollars on dirty fuels over the next decade. It’s up to Governor Newsom to fix it.

The new strategy will coordinate and increase investments in zero-emission medium and heavy-duty vehicle infrastructure across sectors to achieve a zero-emission freight network by 2040

Senate champions full NY HEAT Act, which will save New Yorkers money and fight climate change

Washington D.C. residents should not have to pay for Washington Gas’s bad investments.