ACORE’s Renewable Energy Policy Forum (March 14, 2018 – Washington, D.C.) will bring together industry leaders and policymakers to discuss energy and tax policy, debate pressing issues in the changing electricity marketplace, and identify priorities for Congress, the states, and relevant agencies. The forum offers an important platform to identify how best to address developments […]
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Energy Innovation Summit is the premier event of the year for energy innovators, investors, and influencers. Set for March 13-15, 2018 in Washington, D.C., this annual conference gathers more than 2,000 experts from government, academia, and business to advance cutting-edge energy technologies. The 3-day program features inspiring keynotes, practical seminars, a […]
E2 Co-Founder and Chair, Nicole Lederer, is quoted throughout a GreenBiz article outlining the steps required to ensure the survival of corporate sustainability programs with Trump’s budget cuts.
Over the past decade, the United States has made huge strides in increasing the efficiency of vehicles and reducing their emissions – thanks in part to federal fuel economy standards, tax advantages for electric vehicles and government support for research and innovation. Join E2 to learn how Trump administration policies are now threatening recent progress […]
Greentech Media quotes Grant Carlisle, E2 Advocacy director, in an article on Trump’s infrastructure plan and its lack of attention toward renewables and energy infrastructure. “Grant Carlisle, advocacy director of the national business group Environmental Entrepreneurs, characterized the shortcomings bluntly. “It is unfortunately just not a forward-looking document,” he said.”
The Kansas City Star cites E2’s report, “Opportunity Lost: How Rolling Back the Clean Power Plan Hurt’s America’s Economy,” in an article amplifying the EPA’s “listening session” in Kansas City regarding its proposal to repeal the CPP. “Repealing the CPP would deny Americans the opportunity to create 560,000 jobs and add $52 billion in economic value. […]
WASHINGTON (Feb. 12, 2018) –President Trump released his long-awaited infrastructure plan, disappointing many in the energy and transportation sectors looking for a true modernization plan for our nation’s infrastructure. The following is a statement from Grant Carlisle, advocacy director of the national, nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs): “This plan ignores American energy and transportation […]
On January 30, the president will deliver his State of the Union address and his vision for the coming year. Please join E2 the next day for a discussion and Q & A about what the president’s remarks mean to our policy priorities, our economy and our environment, and to hear about our strategies and opportunities […]
This past summer, Xcel Energy and a wide group of stakeholders at the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), filed a “Stipulation” – a proposed update to Xcel’s Electric Resource Plan. It is an agreement between Xcel, its customers, Colorado businesses, local environmental organizations and others on how and where Xcel sources its power. The plan would […]
WASHINGTON (January 30, 2018) –President Trump’s first State of the Union tonight is set to remind Americans how his administration is actively ignoring the millions of Americans that work in solar, wind, energy efficiency, efficient vehicles and many other industries which are on the cutting edge of innovation. Below is a statement from Grant Carlisle, […]
In a letter to President Trump, E2 members urge him to reject levying a tariff on foreign made solar panels which will result in thousands of American jobs and slowed growth for our solar sector.
WASHINGTON (December 19, 2017) – President Trump yesterday omitted any mention of climate change in his first national security strategy, ignoring his own military leaders (including Defense Secretary James Mattis) and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) he signed into law just last week. The recently signed NDAA specifically calls climate change a “direct threat to […]