Environmental Politics

Solar Firms Plan To Return To Nevada After New Law Restores Incentives

"Some of Nevada's largest solar installation companies plan to resume doing business in the state. For the past year-and-a-half Tesla (formerly SolarCity) and Sunrun stopped seeking new customers in this sunny part of the country because the state's Public Utilities Commission chose to phase out incentives for homeowners who install rooftop solar panels. Now, Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval plans to sign into law a bill that brings back 'net metering.'"

Source: NPR, 06/09/2017
June 20, 2017

NPF Webinar: Climate Change – What’s Next?

This live, interactive National Press Foundation webinar, 2:30 p.m. EDT, will look at what the US decision to abandon the Paris accord will mean for states, cities and industries already working to address a warming planet, and related issues. Speaker is Vicki Arroyo, ED of the Georgetown Climate Center at Georgetown Law. Free registration required.

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Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States, Business

"President Trump will lay out a vision this coming week for sharply curtailing the federal government’s funding of the nation’s infrastructure and calling upon states, cities and corporations to shoulder most of the cost of rebuilding roads, bridges, railways and waterways."

Source: NY Times, 06/08/2017

"Hawaii Enacts Law Committing To Goals Of Paris Climate Accord"

"Hawaii has become the first U.S. state to enact legislation to bring its environmental standards in line with the Paris climate accord, officials said on Wednesday, less than a week after President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the global agreement."

Source: Reuters, 06/08/2017

"Canada’s Strategy on Climate Change: Work With American States"

"OTTAWA — The timing was coincidental, but the meeting had a new urgency. One day after President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris climate accord — saying he was elected to serve Pittsburgh, not Paris — the transport minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet visited with the mayor of Pittsburgh to discuss climate change."

Source: NY Times, 06/08/2017

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