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166 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) warns a bipartisan permitting bill could favor natural gas over renewables, worries that could complicate efforts to pass it before year's end.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
PA HB 789, amending the Property Assessed Clean Energy Program, was referred to Environmental Resources & Energy on 2025-05-16.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
Ian Choudri, chief executive of California's high-speed rail authority, resigned on Wednesday after the state watchdog found the agency misused over $600,000 in public funds.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
NJ S 687, creating a Joint Blue Ribbon Task Force on Impacts of Climate Change on Property Insurance, passed the Assembly 55-21-3.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
NJ A 4560 creates a Joint Blue Ribbon Task Force on Impacts of Climate Change on Property Insurance; latest action 2026-10-29: substituted by S687.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
H.R. 3184, the PFAS Alternatives Act, was referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment on 2025-05-06.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
U.S. Senate leaders plan an initial vote on a permitting reform bill aimed at easing regulatory barriers that can delay energy projects; environmental groups are ramping up opposition.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
PR bill RCC 428 would have the AEE, AAPP and AP begin legal procedures to cancel contracts with NFEnergia LLC for natural gas; referred to committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Columbus ordinance 2560-2026, requiring the Columbus Water and Power director to establish peak rates and fees for large industrial and manufacturing users, has passed.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (columbus.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
An analysis by Resources for the Future finds the Senate permitting plan would cut emissions from power plants in the near term and help keep electricity prices down.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Dominion Energy asks the SCC to recoup Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative costs from customers, adding up to $13 to bills monthly after Virginia's return to the program.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
Trump backs the proposed Constitution natural gas pipeline; New York rejected its water quality permit application in 2016 and courts upheld that decision.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
Candidates spar over fossil fuels in Texas' 9th Congressional District, where Democratic candidate Leticia Gutierrez lived six miles from a Petrobras refinery in Pasadena that accrued fines.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
Grist reports that the Bridger pipeline would carry tar sands oil in eastern Montana, promising landowners money while tribal leaders are worried about a spill.
Source: Grist (grist.org)
Pennsylvania SB 1048, providing for issuance of permits in environmental justice areas, was referred to Environmental Resources & Energy on 2025-10-15.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
The Grand Canyon Trust reports three of four Grand Canyon region wells with arsenic levels above the Environmental Protection Agency's safe drinking water standard are at a uranium mine.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
MD SB 26, Public Utilities - Off-Grid Electricity Providers - Exemption, latest action 2026-02-09: hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MD HB 695 would establish the Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits (GREEN) Loan Program and Fund, with a hearing 2/17 in Environment and Transportation.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
IL SB 3717 on low-income utility rates was re-referred to Assignments on 2026-05-22.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WA SB 6270, establishing a passenger rail advisory committee, had a first reading and was referred to Transportation on 2026-01-21.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators