“Cleaner and lower-cost wind and solar, coupled with battery storage, will drive fossil fuels out of the market.” The nation’s transition from dirty to renewable energy is “nearing exponential growth”—a shift set to usher in “transformative” impacts within a handful of years. So declares the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in its “U.S. […]
The proposal—which the administration admits would likely lead to more avian deaths—would let energy and other companies off the hook for “incidentally” killing birds. Despite acknowledging that the move would lead to an increase in the 500 million to one billion birds that die each year in the United States due to human activity, the […]
Alaskans, For decades, we have been leading the way in responsible energy development. Our petroleum industry supports over 110,000 jobs, meaning 1 in 3 Alaskans pour their efforts into properly balancing the need for oil extraction with careful protection of our state’s unique ecosystems. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter – a staunch environmentalist by […]
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Don Young (R-AK), Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), and Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase federal investments in marine energy. The Water Power Research and Development Act strengthens water power programs at the Department of Energy (DOE) and reauthorizes funding for research, development, demonstration, and commercialization of marine […]