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In Indiana, Latest Duke Energy Proposal Clings to Fossil Fuels, Dismisses Renewables
Duke Energy wants to force its Indiana customers to pay for a business-as-usual plan that continues to rely almost exclusively on dirty and expensive coal- and gas-fired power plants, ignoring the enormous potential of clean, safe, efficient and...
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A Bill of Rights To Keep Utilities From Penalizing Solar Customers
Duke Energy, the largest investor-owned electric utility in the U.S., wants to charge customers in South Carolina more for using less energy. Duke is asking state regulators for permission to more than triple the flat monthly charge – what customers pay...
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EWG Joins ‘Green New Deal’ Coalition To Push for 100 Percent Renewables by 2035
The Green New Deal legislation coming before Congress should commit to transitioning the entire U.S. electricity grid to 100 percent renewable energy sources no later than 2035, said Environmental Working Group.
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Recent Federal and State Policy Stories:
- As States Lead the Way to a Clean Energy Future, Federal Policies Remain Stuck in the Past
- Report: Coal-Power Plant Closures Near Record High Under Trump
- Duke Energy Paid Less Than Zero in Federal Taxes
- House Democrats Push To Expand, Extend Renewable Energy Tax Credits
- Trump EPA Rolls Back Coal-Fired Power Plant Waste Rule
- Coal Giant With Close Ties to Trump Files for Bankruptcy
- In the Southeast, ‘Public Energy Enemy No.1’ Has Lots of Company
- In Ohio, Shady Front Groups Fight Dirty To Attack Grassroots Campaign Against $1 Billion Nuke/Coal Bailout
- Coal Behemoth With Close Ties to Trump Nears Financial Default
- Feds Seek to Gut Law Boosting Small-Scale Renewables
- Try, Try Again: Trump Mulling Taxpayer Bailout of Nuclear Industry
- Tonight’s Climate Town Hall: Crisis Demands Tough Questions, Honest Answers
- Trump EPA To Repeal Rules Curbing Methane Pollution, a Potent Global-Warming Gas
- Trump Skips G-7 Climate Meeting, Slams Renewable Energy, but Insists ‘I’m an Environmentalist’
- Study: Renewables Pay for Themselves in Health Benefits
- Federal Energy Subsidies: What Are We Getting for Our Money?
- Coal States’ Futile Bids To Prop Up a Dying Industry
- States Stick Ratepayers With $15 Billion To Rescue Nukes
- Senate Bill Would Set Nation on Course for 50 Percent Renewable Energy or More by 2035
- Under Udall Proposal, Wind and Solar Would Be Dominant US Energy Source in 15 Years