You can fight climate change, starting right now. Here are a few ways and about how many pounds of emissions you would save with each. startribune.com/you-can-fight-…

NEW: Al Sharpton's annual civil rights conference featured a panel with four Democrats speaking 'truth to power' about clean energy and 'civil rights'

The agenda did not disclose that all four were paid members of the methane gas industry heated.world/p/reprehensibl…

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy Inc. compensated its CEO Bob Frenzel more than $21 million in 2023, doubled what it paid the him the year before. Most of Frenzel's pay in 2023, and most of the increase from the year before, was in the form of stock awards. bizjournals.com/twincities/new…

A campaign finance complaint has been filed against the dark money group helping fund a ballot initiative that looks to repeal Michigan's renewable energy siting law. Planet Detroit planetdetroit.org/2024/04/campai…

Last month, in a wild turn of events, the natural gas industry was able to strip climate-friendly standards out of the latest update to building codes and standards that are used in most of the country, Alexander Kaufman reported in HuffPost bit.ly/43zmehK

Corporate utilities pour millions into dark money groups to influence politics and hurt consumers.

Case in point: Consumers Energy in Michigan ⤵️

Learn more in our report with Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition and We the People Michigan Action Fund: littlesis.org/reports/the-da…

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Attorneys say a ballot initiative to overturn Michigan's renewable energy siting law may have violated campaign finance laws by using a dark money nonprofit to raise funds for the effort. Planet Detroit
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Are utilities incentivized to make changes necessary to reduce the growing risk of sparking wildfires? EPI's David Pomerantz tells NPR's Julia Simon that many utilities are biased towards building expensive things that guarantee a profit instead. n.pr/43peUVU

Cool story about a few St. Paul schools installing geothermal systems: “Both should pay for themselves in a decade. Johnson High’s savings will be $7 million over 30 years.” energynews.us/2024/03/22/st-…

Cargill's blue-blood appetites and screaming lack of self-awareness have crashed together in Duluth, accomplishing something from which her family's agribusiness empire has been largely shielded for 150+ years: wide-scale embarrassment. racketmn.com/park-point-dul…

We’re hiring! We are looking for someone to join our team as Research + Communications Manager for the Southeast. If you are interested in joining our team to hold utilities + other companies accountable - check us out: energyandpolicy.org/research-and-c…

Big Tobacco is notorious for using deceptive tactics to hide the risks of cigarettes. Our new report reveals that the Gas Industry has been doing the same to hide similar risks in gas stoves.

Learn more & find solutions to protect #publichealth here: publichealthlawcenter.org/cookingwithsmo…

NEW: The gas industry has pulled off an 11th hour win in the big climate fight over building codes.

The IntlCodeCouncil's board went against its own staff experts to side with fossil fuel firms and gut pro-electrification measures from the latest codes. huffpost.com/entry/icc-iecc…

Center for the American Experiment, based in MN, has paid for multiple anti-wind and anti-solar ads on FB. They’ve also received money from Charles Koch’s Stand Together Trust and Americans for Prosperity. Exposed by CMD exposedbycmd.org/2023/12/20/cha…