Why Did the McAuliffe Administration Hire Dr. Michael Karmis?

2014-09-30

Earlier this year, the Virginia legislature passed a bill that requires the McAuliffe Administration to evaluate the costs and benefits to the state of complying with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. That plan would require Virginia to reduce carbon emissions by 37.5% by 2030 from 2012 levels. Carbon pollution from such sources… Read more »

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Fossil Fuel Front Groups’ Flawed Poll Ignores Century of Fossil Fuel Welfare

2014-09-10

This week the American Energy Alliance and its President Thomas J. Pyle released a slanted poll meant to deliberately deceive the public by forgetting about 150 years of subsidies paid to the oil, gas, and coal industries. Its questions were carefully written to manufacture public opposition to tax credits that would spur the growth of… Read more »

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New Poll Shows Ohioans Want More Renewable Energy, Oppose Older Coal-Fired Plants

2014-08-27

An overwhelming majority of Ohioans strongly oppose a plan proposed by FirstEnergy Corp. and American Electric Power for their customers to pay more for electricity generated by old, coal-fired and nuclear plants and instead wants more investment in wind farms and solar arrays. Support for energy-efficiency is also very high in Ohio, with more than… Read more »

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Checks and Balances Project Seeks Answers from Governor Kasich

2014-07-2

Today the Checks and Balances Project filed a request for information from Ohio Governor John Kasich regarding communications he and his senior staff might have had with fossil fuel interests in the run up to his decision to gut clean energy expansion in his state. In June, the Governor signed SB 310, a bill that… Read more »

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