EWG and our allies have branded Duke Energy as Public Energy Enemy No. 1 for its short-sighted strategy of continuing to build expensive, polluting coal and natural gas plants instead of fully...

Since 1978, the federal Public Utilities Regulatory Act has boosted renewable energy by requiring big utilities to buy some power from small solar and wind companies. PURPA reduces the nation's...

The U.S. electric vehicle market is exploding – up 81 percent last year over 2017. That's got the oil industry worried, and Big Oil is scheming to kneecap the EV boom.

For decades, big utilities and the fossil fuel industry have touted natural gas as a cheap, lower-pollution fuel that provides a “bridge” from coal and oil to clean renewable energy. That notion has...

Doubling the amount of renewable energy in nine Rust Belt and mid-Atlantic states could yield $20 billion in public health benefits, according to a new peer-reviewed study – additional evidence that a...

After repeatedly floating specious bailout schemes, Energy Secretary Rick Perry now admits the federal government has no legal authority to prop up aging nuclear power plants. But in the past three...

Congress now has an opportunity to accelerate the urgently needed transition to renewable energy with a nationally coordinated effort. Today Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) filed legislation to require all...

Thirty states, from Hawai'i to Vermont, have adopted renewable energy standards that require utilities to produce more and more energy from wind and solar.

A decade ago, only a tiny fraction of the nation's electricity came from renewable energy. Today, wind and solar power, and the batteries to store it, are dramatically reshaping the energy landscape...

Big electric utilities are cooking the books to make their customers unwittingly bail out money-losing coal-fired power plants – schemes one analyst says costs U.S. ratepayers at least $1 billion a...

From 2009 to 2012, Gregory Jaczko was chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which approves nuclear power plant designs and sets safety standards for plants. But he now says that nuclear power...

U.S. subsidies to the fossil fuel industry were nearly $650 billion in 2015, according to new estimates by the International Monetary Fund. That number – more than the nation spent on defense and 10...

When Congress returns, the House will consider the Climate Action Now Act, which would direct the Trump administration to honor America's commitments to reduce greenhouse gases.

Earlier this month, President Trump made a couple of unsubstantiated statements about wind power.

A House committee is expected to approve legislation today to require the Trump administration to produce a plan to meet America's international commitments to fighting climate change.

Advocates for 100 percent renewable energy often compare the effort needed to meet that goal to efforts to put a person on the moon.

This week Capitol Hill was abuzz with talk of climate change. Along with the hotly anticipated unveiling of a framework for the Green New Deal, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing...

Each January, the Energy Department publishes a forecast of the nation's energy use from different sources for the coming year and beyond. The 2019 Annual Energy Outlook from the department's Energy...

Electric utilities often tout natural gas as a clean fuel – an essential weapon in the fight against global warming. Even if they admit the need to replace fossil fuels with solar and wind power...

Last year the Trump administration's Energy Department announced the launch of a media campaign to counter what an official called “misinformation” about nuclear power. We haven't noticed an upsurge...