Press Releases

April 24, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a nearly $1 billion heavy-duty grant program. Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), $400 million of the grant will be allocated to projects in communities in air quality nonattainment areas.

April 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Late yesterday, a number of conservation groups filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision to extend the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate Project.

April 22, 2024

SEATTLE – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Washington State Department of Commerce was awarded $156,120,000 in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar for All program.

April 22, 2024

Jefferson City, MO – Today, on Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Missouri has been awarded $156,121,000 in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar For All program.

April 22, 2024

BOSTON, MA – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Massachusetts’ Department of Energy Resources (DOER) was awarded $156 million in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar For All program.

April 22, 2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that The South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) was awarded $124,440,000 in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar For All program.

April 22, 2024

ALBANY, NY -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) was awarded $249.8 million in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar For All program. The competition, created by President Biden’s landmark Inflation Reduction Act, seeks to enable low-income and disadvantaged households across America to access the benefits of low-cost, clean solar energy—benefits that include home energy savings, energy resilience, improved air quality, wealth building, and quality jobs.

April 22, 2024

The White House today announced new developments relating to the American Climate Corps, including 2,000 new positions, new career-building opportunities, and three new state-based climate corps programs.

April 22, 2024

HARTFORD, CT – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) was awarded $62 million in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar For All program.

April 22, 2024

Indianapolis, IN – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Indiana Solar for All coalition was awarded over $117 million in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar For All program.