As part of broader federal efforts, E2 is taking a leading role against coastal drilling and for a 100% renewable energy goal. As part of a broader federal defense effort, E2 is taking a leading role against the Trump Administration’s efforts to open the entire West Coast to offshore oil and gas drilling. E2 California […]
Before Clean Jobs Midwest 2018 launches, E2 Midwest mapped the region’s clean economy growth in rural and urban areas. Starting in late March, E2 Midwest released clean energy maps in four Midwest states: Michigan, Missouri, Illinois and Ohio. The maps illustrate in detail the states’ clean energy economies, providing a useful tool to help policymakers, […]
E2 looks to capitalize on momentum for cap-and-trade proposals after short sessions limit progress 2018. After a short session, E2 Pacific Northwest begins looking to capitalize on progress. In Oregon: While a short legislative calendar failed to allow the “Clean Energy Jobs” bill time to get across the finish line, E2’s efforts in capital rallied […]
Debates over clean car standards are bringing business voices from all over Colorado, to help advance strong fuel economy standards in the West E2 Rocky Mountains was busy the first half of 2018, bringing the business voice from all over Colorado to advocate for transportation electrification, fuel economy standards, energy efficiency, climate action, and more. […]
Focus on solar leads E2 in first half of 2018, headlined by successful fight over the implementation of vital “Solar Border Bill” A quick scare that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) could nullify the recently passed “Solar Border Bill” (Act 40) by continuing to allow out of state projects to depress the state’s solar […]
E2 New York went on the offensive for clean transportation in 2018, dipping our toes into the Transportation Climate Initiative. E2 New York went on the offensive for clean transportation in 2018, dipping our toes into the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) through which 11 states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic have committed to reduce […]
S.2545, an act to promote a clean energy future, includes a number of provisions that would provide fair and equitable access to solar for all MA residents, a 2,000 MW target for energy storage by 2025, and an increase in the RPS standard from a 1% a year to 3% a year. E2 was instrumental […]
E2 NY authored this memo in opposition to a local bill aimed at adding unnecessary and misguided regulations on wind power facilities within a 40-mile radius of U.S. Department of Defense airfields or airbases. Along with NRDC and the Alliance for Clean Energy New York, E2 NY will send its own memo to key NY […]
E2 stayed busy in California in 2017, hosting events featuring policymakers and thought-leaders from San Francisco to San Diego, organizing multiple trips to Sacramento, and advocating on a broad range of policy issues, from national marine sanctuaries to traffic congestion pricing. Our flagship achievement, however, was our engagement on Cap-and-Trade: with the help of E2 […]
In September, E2 Rockies hosted our first ever Clean Jobs Colorado luncheon in Pueblo. The timing was perfect – Xcel had just announced their proposal to shut down Comanche 1 & 2 in Pueblo in the new few years, and we were able to highlight the good news of 180 clean jobs added since the […]
E2 PA maintained a statewide reach in 2017 by hosting Clean Jobs Forums in Allentown and Erie; legislator and media tours of clean energy businesses in Pittsburgh and State College, and the 3rd annual statewide solar summit of solar professionals with an advocacy day in Harrisburg. The E2 message was amplified with a number of […]
The NY Chapter had an exciting year that included the release of Mapping Clean Energy: New York, events and advocacy around making the clean energy transition work for all New Yorkers, and participation in a celebration of E2’s inaugural class of 1 Hotel Fellows at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge. In 2018, the Chapter is poised […]
