Latest Energy Program Press Releases

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For Immediate Release: 11/18/09
EPA Should Use Clean Air Act to Address Climate Change; Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen’s Energy Program
As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Clean Air Act, it is appropriate for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use this law for the agency’s most important and challenging task yet: solving climate change.

For Immediate Release: 11/4/09
Senate Climate Change Bill Won’t Wean Us Off Fossil Fuels, Fails to Hold Polluters Accountable
Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program

For Immediate Release: 10/22/09
Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Reactors Put Taxpayers at Great Risk and Should Not Be Issued by Department of Energy
Taxpayers will be put at significant new risk for billions of dollars if the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issues its first set of controversial taxpayer-backed, conditional loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors

For Immediate Release: 9/30/09
Reaction to Boxer-Kerry Climate Change Discussion Draft
Statement of Andy Wilson, Global Warming Program Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office

For Immediate Release: 7/22/09
Climate Change Legislation Requires Significant Changes to Protect Consumers and Environment
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A coalition of 25 leading national consumer groups and grassroots environmental organizations has formed to urge the Senate to improve sweeping climate change legislation passed by the House of Representatives by stripping out the corporate giveaways and including strong protections for struggling energy consumers and the environment.

For Immediate Release: 6/27/09
Climate Change Bill Must Be Strengthened
Climate change legislation that narrowly passed the House of Representatives late Friday must be strengthened.

For Immediate Release: 6/11/09
Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition Applauds PSC’s Decision to Regulate Nuclear Sale
BALTIMORE - The Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition applauds the Maryland Public Service Commission’s (PSC) decision today to assert its jurisdiction over the nuclear sales transaction between Electricite de France and Constellation Energy.

For Immediate Release: 5/22/09
Climate Change Bill a Disappointment; Industry Should Not Dictate U.S. Environmental Policy
Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director of the Energy Program at Public Citizen

For Immediate Release: 5/18/09
Climate Change Bill Suffers from Backroom Dealings, Industry Influence
Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director of the Energy Program at Public Citizen

For Immediate Release: 5/13/09
Public Citizen Urges Strong Regulations Over Energy and Carbon Emissions Markets to Protect Households From Unfair Prices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program, today begins his service to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee. In this capacity, Public Citizen will be providing advice to federal regulators on how best to regulate energy commodity markets and emerging carbon emission markets as part of proposed cap and trade climate legislation.

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