A look at the latest news, facts and figures on fossil fuels, pipelines, renewable energy, energy efficiency and progress on stopping the PennEast pipeline. 

In the News

Booker, Menendez Cite PennEast Concerns in FERC Letter

By Kevin Shea, Times of Trenton

Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez highlighted concerns about PennEast causing arsenic in drinking water, in a letter to FERC. Read more.

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In Other Pipeline News

• Nesting Owls, Raptors, Songbirds Could Delay Compressor Station Work – Asbury Park Press
• Pipeline Protestors March With Their Wallets in Teaneck – The Bergen Record
• Franklin Township Groups Gather to Discuss Pipeline Pitfalls – TapInto Franklin Township

Upcoming Event

Watch: 3D Flyover of PennEast Route in West Amwell

Renewables

Trump Budget Would Torpedo Clean Energy Investments

By Chris Mooney, The Washington Post

The Trump administration budget presents a rollback of two main Obama administration objectives: Fighting climate change and stoking a revolution in renewable energy. Read more.

In Other Renewable Energy News

• Clean Energy Can Bring $10 Trillion Annual Benefits by 2050 – Oilprice.com
• Italy Has Already Surpassed 2020 Renewable Energy Target – The Local
• Madison, Wisconsin Commits to 100% Renewable Energy – NJ Spotlight

By The Numbers

• 80%
  Share of renewables needed in the top 20 economies in the world, in order to meet carbon reduction goals. more
• 30-40
  Activists who protested in Teaneck against a bank funding the Dakota Access Pipeline. more
• 19 trillion
  The amount global GDP would increase between now and 2050 as a result of increased focus on renewables and energy efficiency. more