Acadia Center

Rep. Lauren Carson hosted staff from @AcadiaCtr for a State House briefing on energy cost drivers and a dialogue on solutions today. The event can be viewed online: capitoltvri.cablecast.tv/show/12165

What do Maine's electricity grid plans mean for climate, clean energy, affordability, resilience, equity and justice? Join us at this Union of Concerned Scientists webinar on Wednesday, May 13th (tomorrow) at 12pm EST. Register here: secure.ucs.org/a/2026-5-13-fu…

This week, join Clean Air Task Force and @AcadiaCtr for a webinar on how leveraging public financing tools can help mitigate these issues by lowering costs, improving project certainty, and speeding project development. Register: catf.us/events/public-…

2012: Acadia Center (then Environment Northeast) filed a complaint against utilities in the Northeast. 2026: FERC decided, Acadia Center won. Outcome: $1B or more will be returned to ratepayers from years of overpaying and more renewables can connect to the grid #earthday2026

@jamie_dickerson of @AcadiaCtr lays out the case for continuing to implement New York's 2019 law to fight climate change. #CLCPA capitolpressroom.org/2026/04/16/sta…

"'We could cut all these clean energy programs now and save a little on bills, but we’re still going to be in a constant cycle of natural gas costs going up unless we figure out how to break the cycle,' said Mr. Murray of Acadia Center." nytimes.com/2026/04/11/cli…

Rising oil and gas prices are driving our energy bills up. Now is not the time to backtrack on clean energy that will make New York communities healthier and lower our bills. Send a letter to your legislator: nyforcleanair.com/take-action

The cheapest megawatt is the one you don’t use. Rolling back energy efficiency only leaves RI more exposed to expensive fossil fuels. Acadia Center's Emily Koo testified in opposition to the EE cuts proposed in @GovDanMcKee 's budget before the House Finance Committee:

A long read from former @NYSERDA official @jamie_dickerson on Gov. Kathy Hochul's effort to roll back the climate law after "hundreds of hours" of work by state staff. "Governor Hochul’s opportunity is to pair courage with conviction," he writes. acadiacenter.org/climate-and-af…

Last week, @GovKathyHochul signaled a roll back of the Climate Act to "protect New Yorkers’ pocketbooks.” But climate action and energy affordability already go hand-in-hand. We can save the Climate Act while protecting NY families from rising costs: acadiacenter.org/climate-and-af…

Energy affordability is in the spotlight, and people want answers. One factor is the expense of maintaining the aging electric power grid. The cost of transmission has more than doubled since 2005, from 10% to 24% of the average customer bill. ctmirror.org/2026/03/25/ind…

Acadia Center's Anya Poplavska joined Senators Heinrich, Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Markey, Van Hollen as well as former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, and other clean energy experts at a Senate roundtable exposing how policies under Trump have sent energy costs skyrocketing.

Acadia Center advocates for responsible policy grounded in scientific integrity. We support the sustained progress toward a healthy, equitable, and clean energy future and view this action as a step backward in that essential effort.

Such an action prioritizes short-term political objectives over the long-term public good, weakening the foundation for necessary climate protections.

A coalition of 24 states, led by Massachusetts Attorney General @AJCampbellMA, along with the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and a dozen cities and counties, is now challenging the EPA’s attempt to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding.

Acadia Center applauds @maura_healey for doubling-down on a strategy that will actually deliver energy independence and affordability to the Commonwealth with yesterday's Executive Order to promote the cheapest, fastest-to-deploy clean energy resources. acadiacenter.org/acadia-center-…

ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler joined Senator Markey and the Acadia Center at a press conference in Malden this morning to discuss how soaring oil and gas prices are affecting low-income families in MA. Thank you for your continued support, Senator Markey! #HEAP