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A year ago, amid a crowded Democratic presidential primary, no one would have mistaken Joe Biden as the field's biggest climate crusader. Youth activists gave his plan to combat climate change a failing grade. Some in his own party wondered whether a self-described moderate could embrace policies bold enough to move the nation past the fossil fuel era. Patrick Semansky/AP President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him as president, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. But in recent days, the president-elect has demonstrated that he is prepared to deliver on his promise ...

President and CEO, New York Power Authority While New York won national acclaim last year for passing landmark climate change legislation, Gil Quiniones has spent nearly a decade pursuing ambitious green energy policies at the helm of the New York Power Authority. Besides running NYPA, a major energy producer and utility largely driven by hydropower, Quiniones has shaped the governor’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative, which aims to harness private markets and technological innovations to boost renewable energy and increased efficiency. 4.  Chairman, President and CEO; New York Pres...

D.C. Commission Greenlights $150 Million in Dirty Gas Spending Washington, D.C., Public Service Commission approves $150 million in dirty gas spending that harms ratepayers and threatens climate targets Contacts Washington, D.C. — The D.C. Public Service Commission put District gas customers on the hook last week for another $150 million investment in Washington Gas’s outdated pipeline spending proposal. The full, 30-year spending proposal will cost ratepayers up to $4.5 billion on the gas utility’s fossil fuel distribution system, which itself is only...

Climate Action Network Australia As global leaders head to the virtual United Nations Climate Ambition Summit tomorrow, Australia should be flying its flag at half mast after being handed the international ‘Fossil Award’ for failing to honour our climate commitments under the Paris Accord. In the five years since countries around the world agreed to keep global temperature increases to 1.5° Celsius through the Paris Agreement, Australia has done next to nothing to honour its commitments. As a result, Australia was nominated for all four categories of the Climate Fossil Award alongside th...

With rapid reductions in purchase price and a wide array of models, electric vehicles (EVs) are projected to gain broad acceptance in the coming years as cost-competitive, high-performance, lower-carbon transportation options. EVs are projected to comprise 40 percent of new car purchases by 2030, up from 2 percent today, and 18 percent of vehicle miles traveled.  In addition, many companies and communities have expressed their desire to switch from gasoline or diesel buses, delivery vans, work trucks, and ridesharing vehicles to electric alternatives.  The expected rapid growth in vehicle e...