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New Interactive Map Highlights Federal Clean Energy Investments in Pennsylvania
Local examples of renewable energy, energy efficiency projects from across the Commonwealth PHILADELPHIA – Today, the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center and Evergreen Collaborative unveiled Renewable Energy Success Stories in the Keystone State. The new interactive map highlights renewable energy and climate resiliency projects from all corners of Pennsylvania funded...
Congressional Republicans Advance Legally Dubious Effort to Revoke California’s Clean Air Authority
Today, the House Rules Committee advanced the motion to rescind California’s Clean Air Act waivers to the full House floor, despite a recent ruling from the Senate parliamentarian reaffirming the waivers are not subject to repeal under the Congressional Review Act. In response, Evergreen Action Vice President for States Justin...
Trump Administration Admits Their Congestion Pricing Attack is Failing
Last night, the Federal Highway Administration submitted a memo to the court highlighting the weaknesses of Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy’s defense against the lawsuit filed challenging his illegal order to end congestion pricing. In response, Evergreen Action States Vice President Justin Balik released the following statement: “Their own lawyers said...
Evergreen Statement on New Bills to Codify Key Energy Reforms in Gov. Shapiro’s “Lightning Plan”
This legislation makes clear that Gov. Shapiro recognizes the status quo isn’t working for Pennsylvania families.
Evergreen Statement Condemning Trump’s Attack on FERC Independence
In response to the news that the White House pressured Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Willie Phillips, a Democrat who chaired the Commission under former President Joe Biden, Evergreen Action Senior Power Sector Policy Lead Charles Harper released the following statement: “The White House pressure campaign that led to...
Michigan Adopts First Major Residential Energy Code Update in Nearly a Decade
On Tuesday, Michigan took a major step toward a cleaner, more affordable energy future by adopting updated residential building codes. The new standards, based on the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), will take effect soon and apply to all new construction across the state. This marks Michigan’s first major...
Protect Michigan’s Energy Siting Reforms: Preserve Property Rights, Jobs, and Economic Growth
To: Interested PartiesFrom: Evergreen Action Midwest Deputy Director Courtney BradyDate: Tuesday, April 22, 2025Re: Protect Michigan’s Energy Siting Reforms: Preserve Property Rights, Jobs, and Economic Growth In 2023, Michigan enacted commonsense updates to the state’s energy siting and permitting process. The reforms in PA 233 give landowners more freedom to...
Congestion Pricing Continues as Trump’s Second “Deadline” Passes
Trump is now on his second self-imposed deadline, playing a one-man game of chicken—and once again, New York isn’t swerving.
NEW REPORT: Murphy, Moore Administrations and Evergreen Highlight How Fixing PJM Can Cut Energy Costs and Create Jobs Across the Mid-Atlantic
Reforming PJM’s broken project approval process would cut household energy costs, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and supercharge local economies, according to a new independent report from Synapse Energy Economics. Today, officials from the Murphy and Moore administrations and New Jersey Sen. Andrew Zwicker joined Evergreen to spotlight the...
NEW REPORT: Shapiro Administration, Rep. Steele, and Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance Join Evergreen to Highlight that Fixing PJM Can Lower Energy Costs and Create Jobs Across the Mid-Atlantic
Reforming PJM’s broken project approval process would cut household energy costs, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and supercharge local economies, according to a new independent report from Synapse Energy Economics. Today, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Acting Sec. Jessica Shirley, Rep. Mandy Steele, and Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance joined...