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Top 5 Energy Stories This Week

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change the way we live and work, Americans are starting to find a new normal with their routines....
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America’s Other Workers on the Front Lines of the Coronavirus Fight: Utilities

As part of our chronicling of everyday work in extraordinary times, we're highlighting workers that risk their safety on the frontlines of the coronavirus. We...
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Everyday Work, Extraordinary Times: How Utility Companies Are Working to Help You During COVID-19

Continuing our series on everyday work in extraordinary times, we wanted to really home in on more examples of utility companies that are working...
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Consumer Group Warns New York’s Energy Plan Ignores State’s Urgent Need for Jobs and...

Albany, NY - Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the nation’s leading consumer advocate in support of sensible energy and environmental policy, released the following statement...
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Top 5 Energy Stories This Week

As our healthcare workers and first responders continue to fight COVID-19, the Administration continues to focus on how the CARES Act and additional economic...
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What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?

Last Wednesday, Congress eliminated the scheduled purchase of 30 million barrels of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, something Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer...
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Why Isn’t Balance the Goal for Our Energy & Climate Policy?

In the world of energy, climate and national politics, the Green New Deal is the foundation stone for other similarly single-minded policies designed to...
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U.S. Department of Energy to Make Strategic Petroleum Reserve Storage Capacity Available to Struggling...

U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced that the Department of Energy is making the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Storage Capacity available to U.S. oil...
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Civil Rights Leaders Double Down on Natural Gas

As CEA continues to advocate for access to affordable, reliable energy, we've found that low-income households rely heavily on natural gas for that affordability....
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Everyday Work, Extraordinary Times: Industries Shift Production Amid Pandemic

Coronavirus is changing everyday life across the U.S. and America is showing one of its greatest strengths – adaptability in the face of adversity. Instead...