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New program aims to help Black Belt access alternative fuel projects

This program will have a substantial positive economic impact in the Black Belt.
December 5, 2024

Darkness is sunny California

California is plagued by unreliable access to electric power, a situation that will persist for years to come. It’s happening as part of Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), one component of the wildfire prevention plans implemented by electric utilities and approved by regulatory commissioners appointed by the governor. During periods of significant wildfire threat, the … Continued
December 9, 2019

Coalition of gulf state groups release policy platform on climate change, inequality

There are important omissions in the sweeping federal Green New Deal proposal, said members of a coalition of gulf state organizations in an announcement Wednesday of the coalition’s policy platform.  The Gulf South for a Green New Deal, made up of 49 organizations in Texas, Luisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, was formed this year to … Continued
November 14, 2019

Alabama PSC commissioners signed letter written by coal lobbying group, sent them to federal agency

Alabama Public Service commissioners Chip Beeker and Jeremy Oden both signed their names to letters they did not write and sent them to a federal agency on behalf of a coal lobbying firm.  The body of Beeker’s Sept. 6 letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) was virtually identical to letters written by utility … Continued
October 16, 2019