MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 1 -- Alabama Attorney General Steve T. Marshall issued the following news release: Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a 19-state coalition Thursday in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take swift action to stop a federal appeals court ruling that would give the Environmental Protection Agency virtually unlimited authority to regulate wide swaths of everyday life with rules that would increase energy costs and eliminate countless jobs. "The appeals court's decision g  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 1 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Attorney General Treg Taylor joined a 19-state coalition Thursday in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take swift action to stop an appeals court ruling that would give the Environmental Protection Agency virtually unlimited authority to regulate wide swaths of everyday life with rules that would devastate coal mining, increase energy costs, and eliminate countless jobs. The coalition's petition,   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 (TNSPol) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: The head of Duke Energy recently suggested the monopoly utility generously passed along to customers the savings it received under the Trump corporate tax cut. During an appearance on Yahoo! Finance's program "Influencers with Andy Serwer," Duke's president and CEO Lynn Good and Serwer discussed federal tax policy and how it affects the utility behemoth's energy costs for its captive ratepayers. G  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, May 1 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: North Dakota is funding infrastructure, education and other priorities, putting the Legacy Fund to work for current and future generations, and maintaining healthy reserves without raising taxes, Gov. Doug Burgum said today after the 67th Legislative Assembly adjourned its regular session sine die. "This session delivered results that keep North Dakota on the path toward a bright and prosperous future  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 1 (TNSRep) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 30, 2021: Evergy, the largest electric utility in Kansas and the second largest in Missouri, filed its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with Missouri regulators today. The good news is the utility proposes 3,200 megawatts of solar by 2032 and 1,000 megawatts of wind power by 2026. The utility also proposes to close the 66-year-old Lawrence coal plant by 2023 and Jeffrey Unit 3 by 2030. The bad news  more