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DOE throws PG&E lifeline to keep aging Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operating
The U.S. Department of Energy is extending the deadline for Pacific Gas & Electric, or PG&E, to submit required documents for getting part of a $6 billion federal fund, in order to keep the aging...
Gov. Newsom’s clean air regulators prioritize rooftop solar expansion in California climate action plan
California’s top clean air regulators this week released a proposed plan to fight the climate crisis by cutting carbon dioxide emissions, with policy priorities including an effort to expand rooftop...
EWG analysis: In the Mississippi River region, the climate crisis helped run up a $39.5B taxpayer bill for crop insurance premiums
Crop insurance premium subsidies in the Mississippi River region cost taxpayers almost $39.5 billion between 2001 and 2020, a new EWG analysis of Department of Agriculture data finds.
Duke Energy reports just over 5 percent electricity from wind and solar in 2021, despite clean energy claims
Duke Energy claims its growth of renewable energy sources “soared” in 2021, but the company generated just 5.4 percent of its electricity from wind and solar last year, according to a report the...
PG&E CEO earned more than $50 million in 2021
While millions of California families struggled financially in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pacific Gas & Electric’s CEO made over $50 million for leading the reviled utility with a history...
State audit slams California utility regulators for lax wildfire safety oversight
Regulators charged with oversight of California’s investor-owned electric companies failed to ensure steps were being taken to mitigate the risks of wildfires caused by damaged power lines, finds a...
Study: California’s rooftop solar incentives drive installations for working-class families
Incentives provided by states like California to low-income and working-class families help drive adoption of residential rooftop solar, according to a new study.
EWG: In the Mississippi River region, retiring frequently flooded fields could save billions in crop insurance payouts
Farmers received almost $1.5 billion in federal crop insurance payments from 2001 to 2020 for flood-related crop losses in the Mississippi River Critical Conservation Area, a region increasingly...
California announces maximum contaminant level for ‘Brockovich’ carcinogen in drinking water
On Monday, the California Water Resources Control Board’s Drinking Water Program, or DWP, announced a maximum contaminant level of 10 parts per billion for hexavalent chromium in water.
Biden EPA rescinds Trump-era rollback of California’s fuel efficiency standards
The Biden Environmental Protection Agency today restored California’s right to set tighter auto tailpipe standards, reversing the Trump administration’s long battle with the state over its efforts to...
EWG joins North Carolina coalition fighting monopoly utility Duke Energy’s plot to hobble rooftop solar
The Environmental Working Group is formally intervening in a North Carolina utility proceeding to oppose a Duke Energy plan that would put rooftop solar power financially out of reach for many working...
EWG analysis: As climate crisis accelerated, 10 Mississippi River basin counties raked in $3 billion in crop insurance payouts
Ten counties in the Mississippi River basin received over $3 billion in crop insurance payments between 2001 and 2020, much of it for losses caused by extreme weather tied to the climate crisis...
California bill would ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cosmetics
Today California Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) introduced Assembly Bill 2771 to ban the sale in California of cosmetics and other personal care products containing the toxic “forever...
Poll: Voters overwhelmingly oppose California plan to crush popular rooftop solar program
Sixty-four percent of California voters oppose a power-industry-backed plan by the state’s Public Utilities Commission, or CPUC, to crush a popular rooftop solar program by ending incentives and...
PG&E, other utilities paid more than $1.7M to ‘coalition’ supporting plot to crush rooftop solar
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) contributed more than $1.7 million in 2020 to many of the organizations that are part of a coalition...
EWG: California’s $30B future energy transmission plan stuck in past, ignores residential solar, efficiency
A draft plan released last week claims California will need to spend more than $30 billion on additional transmission infrastructure for Pacific Gas & Electric and other investor-owned utilities to...
32M pounds of toxic pesticides used in Ventura County, threatening farmworkers, families and more
More than 32 million pounds of toxic pesticides, including many linked to cancer and respiratory and developmental problems, have been used on Ventura County farm fields from 2015 to 2020, including...
California grants ‘safety’ certificate to PG&E, allowing utility to recoup wildfire costs from ratepayers
A new state agency created by the Newsom administration and charged with developing a “long-term utility vision to reduce wildfire and underground risk” has issued a safety certificate to Pacific Gas...
Gov. Newsom voices concern over PG&E’s plan to crush California’s rooftop solar program
During a press conference on Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed concern about a proposal to crush the state’s popular rooftop solar program. The proposal is backed by Pacific Gas &...
PG&E presses regulators for another massive electric bill hike
California’s largest investor-owned electric utility is pressing regulators to approve a nearly 10 percent hike in electricity fees, raising its captive customers’ power bills to an average $200 per...