Energy Future Coalition (EFC)

An energy efficiency bill passes the House and Senate by an overwhelming majority while Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) found the Bipartisan Energy Savings Performance Caucus.

Legislation introduced by Sens. Jeff Bingaman, Olympia Snowe, Ben Cardin, and Dianne Feinstein would improve the structure of the 179D commercial building tax deduction and encourage energy efficiency investments in America’s commercial buildings.

Former Members of Congress Stephanie Herseth Sandlin and Tom Ewing authored an article published today in POLITICO on the need to leave the renewable fuels standard alone.

United Nations Foundation Senior Fellow Robert Repetto adds Massachusetts, Florida, and Virginia to his list of analyses of the impacts of climate change in U.S. states.

The City of Chicago and six private companies commit to making their buildings 20% more energy efficient by 2020 with $200 million in new private sector financing.

A new economic analysis finds that Midwestern households could save between $65 and $200 per year if more wind were added to the power mix. Savings far exceed the cost of new transmission needed to tap wind in the Midwest.

Additional investments are needed in the U.S. grid in order to preserve 529,000 jobs, $656 billion in personal income, $496 billion in GDP, and $10 billion in U.S. exports.

United Nations Foundation Senior Fellow Robert Repetto authored an analysis of the impacts of climate change in three U.S. states.

The Energy Future Coalition welcomes two new steering committee members: Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn and Scott DeFife.

Today, the White House announced the expansion of the Better Buildings Challenge, as well as a commitment to upgrade the energy performance of federal buildings.