Daniel Tait 
Itai Vardi 
Shelby Green 
Release: Fossil Fuel-Funded ALEC Behind Attack Colorado Renewable Energy Standard
The sponsors of the bill are tied to the fossil fuel-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has sought for at least three years to overturn renewable energy standards (RES)...
Beacon Hill Institute EPA Attack Funded Through Richard Berman Front Group
The reports have been released in partnership with industry-funded state think tanks with ties to the Koch brothers and other fossil fuel special interest groups.
Willie Soon Secret Fossil Fuel Funding Revealed For Papers Denying Man-Made Climate Change
Southern Company has been funding Willie Soon, an astrophysicist and climate change denier at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics through one of its subsidiaries called Southern Company Services.
Peabody’s Energy Poverty Campaign Versus Reality at Powering Africa Summit
African energy ministers, utility companies, and private sector investors all gathered in Washington D.C. recently for the Powering Africa Summit at the St. Regis Hotel. The summit is designed to...
Floridians for Solar Choice Launches Ballot Initiative: Americans for Prosperity Stays Silent on the Issue
Update: On Wednesday, March 11, the Florida Chapter of Americans For Prosperity (AFP) held a press conference on the topic of solar energy. A reporter asked if the chapter was...
American Gas Association Wants States To Submit Implementation Plans, Not Ignore Clean Power Plan
David McCurdy, President & CEO of the American Gas Association, said last week that he prefers state lawmakers and regulators submit their state implementation plans (SIP) to the EPA, rather...
EEI President Says Energy Efficiency Is A Priority. Why Are His Members Then Working to Weaken State Efficiency Programs?
On Wednesday, Thomas Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the trade association for investor-owned utilities in America, said, “energy efficiency is a priority for our business.” Kuhn continued...
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Edison Electric Institute’s Anti-Solar, PR Spending Revealed
Over the past couple of decades, special interests from the coal, oil, utilities, and other energy industries have routinely used lobbying, public relations, and other means to impact decisions that...
Our Prediction for 2015 on Utility Dive
We submitted the following prediction to Utility Dive after they asked: What do you think will happen in 2015? See the rest of the predictions here. Matthew Kasper, Fellow, Energy...
Coal Ash Still Considered Non-Hazardous by the EPA, Despite Evidence to the Contrary
After years of delay, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the first federal regulations for the disposal of coal ash, a toxic byproduct of burning coal at power plants that...