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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Solar panels track the morning sun at Rosamond Central, a newly completed 192-megawatt solar farm developed by Clearway Energy Group in California’s Kern County, on Feb. 4, 2021, with wind turbines in the background.(Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/TNS) Joe Biden wants 100% clean energy. Will California show that it’s possible? The undersea power line would run south from San Luis Obispo County hugging the California coast for 200 miles before making landfall in...

Share 54.5-Mile State-of-the-Art Power Line Will Enable Greater Flow of Clean Energy to Consumers Downstate and Help Combat Climate Change     Part of the Governors 2021 State of the State, These Transmission Projects Will Speed Integration of Upstate Renewable Energy into Statewide Power Grid   WYSIWYG Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Public Service Commission approved the New York Energy Solution Project - a 54.5-mile, 345-kilovolt transmissi...

shutterstock.com The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois reported the following activities in the suit brought by Local Union No. 702, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Trustees Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee Local Union 702 IBEW & Southern Illinois Chapter NECA, Trustees of the Local Union No. 702 Annual Benefit Fund, Trustees of the NECA-IBEW Pension Benefit Trust Fund and Trustees of the National Electric...

The New Hampshire Senate passed a “right to work” bill Thursday, advancing a longstanding Republican effort to make union membership dues optional for private sector employees. Senate Bill 61, which passed 13-11, would prohibit collective bargaining...

Stop union busting! BAmazon Union now! Amazon Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala., are in a historic organizing drive for union representation by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. They received significant support at a Feb. 6 rally. Workers World Party comrades (pictured) joined participants ranging from nurses to miners, travelling from in-state and from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts and Tennessee.  Union solidarity for the majority Black workforce came from the ...

Erika Wittlieb / Pixabay National Grid could face an imminent strike as early as Sunday after Long Island union workers voted over the weekend to authorize the labor action. A union meeting was called after contract negotiations had broken down between the utility company and Local 1049 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a union representing over 1,100 natural gas and power plant workers on Long Island. According to a union statement, about 800 members attended Saturda...

Solidarity with Alabama Amazon workers! All out for Feb. 20 National Day of Solidarity! By Martha Grevatt posted on February 8, 2021 Communication Workers (CWA) members support Amazon union drive, Bessemer, Ala., Feb. 6. Southern workers: We got your back! Organize the South! The Southern Workers Assembly has gotten behind the Amazon workers, calling for a National Day of Solidarity Feb. 20.  “All eyes are on Bessemer, Alabama, and the struggle to win the first U.S. union at Amazon — one...

Published: Monday, February 8, 2021 Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.). Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), seen here at the Capitol in October, is working to balance his support for the administrations environmental agenda and his states energy industry. Francis Chung/E&E News President Bidens green aspirations have put New Mexico Democrats in a bind. The Land of Enchantment is the biggest single oil producer for the federal government, and the New Mexico boom has in...

Connecticut officials have touted workforce development as key to the states economic recovery from COVID-19, but some contractors say restrictions on apprenticeship hires is hurting their ability to bring on new employees, even as the industry faces a worker shortage. Image Chris Fryxell The state Department of Consumer Protection imposes a so-called "hiring ratio" on contracting companies in electrical, plumbing and metal-working trades. The rule is a bit technical but it essentially requires...

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan says he is seriously interested in running next year for the U.S. Senate, but his latest campaign finance report shows he has less than $20,000 in his federal account. Two Republicans — U.S. Reps. Bill Johnson and Dave Joyce — who are also considering Senate bids have considerably more money in their campaign coffers. The year-end report, which encompasses Nov. 24 to Dec. 31, shows Ryan, D-Howland, entered the period with $26,785.82. After raising $45,125.60 and spending ...