“Continued efforts to complete the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) are fraught with risks” to investors, ratepayers and those who live along the route of the ACP, according to a new paper released January 30 by ABRA. “Why Support for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Adds Risks to Shareholders and Ratepayers” is authored by Thomas Hadwin,
‘Urgent’ need for businesses to adapt to growing threat from climate change, McKinsey says
- – CNBC – 1/13/20
Three-Quarters of New US Generating Capacity in 2020 Will Be Renewable, EIA Says
- – Greentech Media – 1/14/20
Charitable Gifts by Utilities Used to Win Public Support, New Study Says
In a first-of-its-kind analysis, the Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) has examined the philanthropic contributions of 10 leading investor-owned electric utilities in the U.S. EPI found that “all of these major utilities use their charitable giving to manipulate politics,
“Strings Attached”: New Report Examines How Dominion, Other Utilities “Use Charitable Giving to Influence Politics and Increase Investor Profits”
- – Blue Virginia – 12/11/19
A pipeline runs through it
- – Grist – 12/3/19
‘Bleak’ U.N. Report on a Planet in Peril Looms Over New Climate Talks
Reform Is Long Overdue for FERC’s Gas Pipeline Reviews
- – Natural Resources Defense Council – 11/19/19
New Lazard Report on “Levelized Cost of Energy” Highlights Why Virginia Should Ditch Fossil Fuels, Go All-Out for Clean Energy
- – Blue Virginia – 11/8/19
New Studies Conclude Role of Natural Gas As a “Bridge Fuel” Is Over
Two new reports released by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) conclude that “the role of natural gas as a ‘bridge fuel’ is behind us.” In announcing the reports, RMI states:
The past decade has seen a dramatic reduction in the costs of wind,