February 2020 E2 Business Delegation with Oregon Governor Kate Brown Once again, we find ourselves at a decisive moment for climate action in Oregon. And once again, E2 and our community of Oregon business leaders are at the heart of the effort. As you likely know, last June Oregon was on the brink of passing a statewide […]
DOE Clean Energy Programs Vital to American Innovation, Competitiveness — and Jobs Our federal government is failing us in many ways when it comes to addressing climate change and advancing clean energy. One area that is working: The Department of Energy’s ability to seed and grow clean energy innovation — innovation that is driving new investments, creating new jobs and reducing […]
Trump’s SOTU — a missed opportunity to highlight clean energy gains. In a speech touting economic success under his leadership, President Trump’s Feb. 4 State of the Union speech failed to credit or even mention clean energy’s benefits for our nation’s economy (or the benefits to our environment). The president’s continued disregard for solar, wind, energy efficiency, clean […]
Andrew Currie was fresh from selling his Internet software company when he looked around at the world and decided he wanted to do more to protect it. The climate was changing. Wildlife was disappearing. Clean energy was still facing an uphill climb on an uneven playing field against fossil fuels. And that was just what he could […]
Across the country, state legislatures are reconvening. With the Trump administration continuing to tear apart federal climate and clean energy standards, it’s already clear that in 2020, it’s up to states and cities to once again lead America on policies that are good for our environment and our economy. The good news is that many legislators […]
DAYTON, OHIO — When it comes to clean energy, Ohio is at crossroads. Thanks to growth in clean vehicles parts manufacturing and the positive effects of previous energy efficiency policies, Ohio currently is the number 8 state in the nation for clean energy jobs, employing about 112,500 Ohioans. But if there is a forecast for Ohio’s clean energy […]
Rep. Scott Peters Has a (not so) Radical Idea About Climate Legislation U.S. Rep. Scott Peters has what might seem like a radical idea given today’s political climate. Peters, the four-term Democrat from San Diego, thinks climate change legislation should — and could — be a bipartisan issue. “Progress relies on bipartisanship” he told business leaders and others gathered […]
World leaders and thousands of others are gathering in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit, the biggest climate conference ever held on U.S. soil. E2 is here in force too, with members, chapter directors and staff from every region of the country coming to town for the Sept. 12–14 summit. “I am attending […]
California’s booming clean energy economy powers more than 500,000 jobs in every single part of the state, but there’s a significant obstacle standing in the way of its continued growth: The West’s highly fractured electrical grid. Fortunately, the California Legislature can fix this problem by passing Assembly Bill 813 to begin the grid integration process. […]
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GreenBiz highlighted an E2 panel from the GreenBiz 18 conference in Scottsdale, Arizona which focused on why clean energy businesses leaders across the spectrum increase their advocacy effort and make their voices heard to lawmakers on federal and state policy issues. Nicole Lederer, co-founder of E2 Jon Powers, co-founder of CleanCapital Emily Reichert, CEO of […]
By Amanda Levin As Oregon debates a Cap-and-Invest program that would reduce dangerous carbon pollution across the entire state, legislators are appropriately assessing the possible economic impacts. The proposed legislation would cap carbon pollution and gradually reduce it to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Other states and countries have proven that a carbon cap […]