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Advantages and savings in store for Memphis if TVA is dropped, latest study finds
A new report affirmed the savings and advantages available to Memphis if it leaves the Tennessee Valley Authority for lower-cost, greener power, according to a presentation by Siemens Inc. to the Memp…
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API CEO spews double-talk on polluter bailout
If polluters want to deny the existence of the ongoing bailout, Congress should swiftly repeal these blatant corporate tax giveaways and make fossil fuels ineligible for stimulus lending programs.
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Remembering S. David Freeman, the ‘green cowboy’
Dave was a giant in the fight against climate change and nuclear power. His lasting legacy will be the green energy “seeds” he planted across the country and the communities that are safer from hi…
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Big Oil scores $1.5 billion in COVID tax scam
According to a review of over 40 quarterly filings, at least 12 oil and gas companies are expected to claim a total $1.4 billion in tax breaks.
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Steny Hoyer backs Big Oil
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer publicly supported the idea of filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve today — a giveaway to the fossil fuel industry that Trump and the GOP had previously pursued.
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Cashing in on COVID: Tax Breaks, Royalties and Stimulus Loans
As the US continues to lead the world in COVID-19 infections and deaths, Big Oil is looking to cash in on the policy response to the crisis. While frontline workers make due without hazard pay or prot…
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Public interest groups unite to form Duke Energy watchdog
A coalition of public interest, social justice, watchdog and environmental groups are joining forces to hold Duke Energy, the largest investor-owned U.S. electric utility, accountable for its policies…
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It’s Time to Abandon the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Shareholders should encourage Duke Energy and Dominion Energy executives to re-evaluate the prudence of pouring billions of dollars more into the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). Current events demonstr…
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NEW REPORT: Former energy exec warns Dominion, Duke investors to abandon high-risk gas pipeline
Dominion Energy and Duke Energy should stop trying to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The project is already billions over budget, and construction has been stalled since 2018 by an onslaught of le…