Category: State Policy Network

Blocking renewable energy is a top state legislative priority for network of pro-fossil fuels think tanks

The State Policy Network (SPN) announced on its website last month that it will focus on working with state lawmakers to prevent states from adopting wind and solar power in...

/ March 6, 2024

Caesar Rodney Institute: State Policy Network attacks on offshore wind power

Caesar Rodney Institute: State Policy Network attacks on offshore wind power The Caesar Rodney Institute (CRI) is a Delaware-based affiliate of the State Policy Network (SPN), a 50-state network of...

/ March 5, 2024

State Policy Network: Political attacks on wind and solar power

State Policy Network: Political attacks on wind and solar power The State Policy Network (SPN) is the national organization at the center of a 50-state network of think tank affiliates...

/ March 5, 2024

Cascade Policy Institute: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in Oregon 

Cascade Policy Institute: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in Oregon  The Cascade Policy Institute (CPI) is an Oregon-based member of the State Policy Network (SPN), a 50-state network...

/ March 5, 2024

Texas Public Policy Foundation: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in the Lonestar State

Texas Public Policy Foundation: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in the Lonestar State Texas generates more renewable energy than any other state, but the Lone Star State is...

/ March 5, 2024

Harry Brown: North Carolina’s anti-wind lawmaker is backed by Koch money

Harry Brown, the state senator who wants to ban new wind farms in eastern North Carolina, has received thousands of dollars in campaign money from Koch Industries and other fossil...

/ May 8, 2019

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Again Appoints Ellen Nowak To PSC

With just a few weeks remaining as governor, Republican Scott Walker appointed his top aid Ellen Nowak to the Public Service Commission (PSC). Earlier this year, Nowak was chosen by...

/ December 17, 2018

Video shows FERC nominee Bernard McNamee’s bias against renewable energy

A newly resurfaced video further confirms Bernard McNamee is biased against renewable energy and favors fossil fuels, as the Senate considers his nomination by President Trump to serve on the...

/ November 20, 2018

Murray Energy’s war on clean energy in Ohio

Murray Energy lobbied on a bill to roll back renewable energy "mandates" in Ohio, while it fought for government intervention to bail out coal-fired power plants.

/ March 9, 2018

Five Ohio Supreme Court justices received FirstEnergy campaign cash before they axed a $43 million refund to the utility’s customers

Five of the six Ohio Supreme Court justices who ruled that FirstEnergy does not have to refund $43.4 million to customers have received campaign contributions from FirstEnergy. The Ohio Supreme...

/ February 14, 2018