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March 20, 2017 | Trump’s “Two-for-One” Order is Bad for the EnvironmentPresident Trump’s first 100 days in office started with a bang – as in, the sound of a shot through the heart of our country’s environmental protections. One of the President’s first official actions was to sign an executive order that requires federal agencies to axe two existing regulations for each new regulation they create.… Continue reading Trump’s “Two-for-One” Order is Bad for the Environment | |
March 17, 2017 | Trump Administration Takes a Treacherous U-Turn on Clean Car StandardsOn Wednesday, President Trump took the first step toward rolling back emissions standards for new cars and trucks in model years 2022–2025. These important federal standards set fuel economy (miles per gallon, or “MPG”) requirements that save you money at the pump and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. They also reduce dangerous climate emissions… Continue reading Trump Administration Takes a Treacherous U-Turn on Clean Car Standards |  |
March 10, 2017 | A Roadmap for Rooftop Solar in New HampshireOn Friday, March 10, CLF filed a groundbreaking agreement with 10 other nonprofits and clean technology companies to create a roadmap for rooftop solar and other distributed energy resources in New Hampshire. The agreement, filed at the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC), lays out a two-stage roadmap for the state to follow over the… Continue reading A Roadmap for Rooftop Solar in New Hampshire |  |
March 9, 2017 | Massachusetts Proposal to Ratchet Down Climate Pollution Not Good EnoughProposed regulations by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to ratchet down climate-damaging emissions fall dramatically short of what’s needed and legally required – adding up to only about 70,000 tons of emissions, not the 5 million tons we need to reach a 2020 goal. |  |
March 8, 2017 | New Bill in Rhode Island General Assembly May Stop Invenergy Power PlantA new bill, H-5897, just introduced into the Rhode Island General Assembly, may be enough to kill Invenergy’s proposal to build a 1,000-megawatt fracked gas and diesel oil power plant in rustic Burrillville, Rhode Island. |  |
March 8, 2017 | Maine Takes a Giant Step Backward on the Road to Solar PowerMaine’s Public Utilities Commission just issued the most regressive rule to govern solar energy in the country, including a provision that punishes solar panel owners for generating their own clean electricity. The Commission’s new rule flies in the face of the more than 4,000 comments Mainers filed opposing the draft rule and Mainers’ overwhelming support… Continue reading Maine Takes a Giant Step Backward on the Road to Solar Power |  |
March 8, 2017 | Another Attack on Money-Saving Energy Efficiency in New HampshireThe NH legislature is (once again) trying to stop progress on cost-saving, environmentally friendly energy efficiency in the Granite State. |  |
March 7, 2017 | Proposed Power Plant Would Spew A Million New Tons of Climate-Damaging EmissionsThe people of Bridgeport, Connecticut have lived under the shadow of the Bridgeport Harbor Station power plant for decades now. This old and inefficient power plant is one of the last in New England that still runs on coal, a dirty and expensive fuel that generates high levels of climate-damaging emissions – not to mention air… Continue reading Proposed Power Plant Would Spew A Million New Tons of Climate-Damaging Emissions |  |
March 7, 2017 | Vermont Takes Action to Rein in Stormwater PollutionVermont’s House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife is considering a bill to improve how the state manages its rainfall. Pollution from stormwater runoff is one of the gravest threats to clean water in New England. When rain falls on pavement rather than soil, two things happen: first, it gains speed as it runs… Continue reading Vermont Takes Action to Rein in Stormwater Pollution |  |
March 7, 2017 | CLF Lawsuit Could Stop Invenergy Plant for GoodThe problems for Invenergy continue to mount. Today, March 7, 2017, CLF filed a new lawsuit in Rhode Island Superior Court, the latest salvo in CLF’s long effort to stop Invenergy from building a fracked gas and diesel oil power plant in Rhode Island. Invenergy’s New Water Deal May Not Be a “Done Deal” I have… Continue reading CLF Lawsuit Could Stop Invenergy Plant for Good |