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Evergreen Statement Condemning Trump’s Attack on FERC Independence
In response to the news that the White House pressured Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Willie Phillips, a Democrat who chaired the Commission under former President Joe Biden, Evergreen Action Senior Power Sector Policy Lead Charles Harper released the following statement: “The White House pressure campaign that led to...
Michigan Adopts First Major Residential Energy Code Update in Nearly a Decade
On Tuesday, Michigan took a major step toward a cleaner, more affordable energy future by adopting updated residential building codes. The new standards, based on the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), will take effect soon and apply to all new construction across the state. This marks Michigan’s first major...
Protect Michigan’s Energy Siting Reforms: Preserve Property Rights, Jobs, and Economic Growth
To: Interested PartiesFrom: Evergreen Action Midwest Deputy Director Courtney BradyDate: Tuesday, April 22, 2025Re: Protect Michigan’s Energy Siting Reforms: Preserve Property Rights, Jobs, and Economic Growth In 2023, Michigan enacted commonsense updates to the state’s energy siting and permitting process. The reforms in PA 233 give landowners more freedom to...
Congestion Pricing Continues as Trump’s Second “Deadline” Passes
Trump is now on his second self-imposed deadline, playing a one-man game of chicken—and once again, New York isn’t swerving.
NEW REPORT: Murphy, Moore Administrations and Evergreen Highlight How Fixing PJM Can Cut Energy Costs and Create Jobs Across the Mid-Atlantic
Reforming PJM’s broken project approval process would cut household energy costs, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and supercharge local economies, according to a new independent report from Synapse Energy Economics. Today, officials from the Murphy and Moore administrations and New Jersey Sen. Andrew Zwicker joined Evergreen to spotlight the...
NEW REPORT: Shapiro Administration, Rep. Steele, and Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance Join Evergreen to Highlight that Fixing PJM Can Lower Energy Costs and Create Jobs Across the Mid-Atlantic
Reforming PJM’s broken project approval process would cut household energy costs, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and supercharge local economies, according to a new independent report from Synapse Energy Economics. Today, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Acting Sec. Jessica Shirley, Rep. Mandy Steele, and Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance joined...
House GOP Budget Will Devastate American Families so Elon Musk Can Buy Another Private Jet
House Republicans just voted to advance a budget that robs working families so Elon Musk can buy another private jet.
Evergreen Statement on Trump’s Tyrannical Power Grab on State Climate Laws
Donald Trump just declared war on state and local governments.
Trump’s Energy Price Hike: White House Doubles Down On Most Expensive, Most Polluting Energy Source
Trump’s latest ploy uses AI as a cover to bail out his fossil fuel donors with the dirtiest, most expensive power source on the grid.
Trump’s Energy Price Hike: Tariffs “Spell Chaos” for Clean Energy and Americans’ Wallets
As financial markets plunged again on Monday, a new report warned that Trump’s latest tariffs “spell chaos for clean energy markets.”