New Hampshire’s SB 76 (2019) bans oil and gas drilling off the state's 18-mile coast. The law also bans development of onshore oil and gas support facilities.
New York banned fracking in 2014, and offshore oil and gas drilling in 2019.
Vermont banned fracking in 2012, the first state in the nation to do so.
Washington became the fourth state to ban fracking with the passage of SB 5145 (2019).
In 2017, Maryland became the first state with proven gas reserves to pass a law banning fracking.
Authorizes the securitization of coal plants as a way to hasten their retirement and to bring additional funds to coal-dependent communities. It allows a utility company to swap its remaining coal plant debt for a ratepayer-backed bond.
A proposal modeling the climate impacts if California’s Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources were to cease issuing permits for new, discretionary oil wells.
Launched in 2017 with the goal of creating 40,000 new clean energy jobs by 2020, the Initiative includes an Environmental Justice and Just Transition Working Group to advise the administration.
A competitive grant program that gives resources to the most disadvantaged communities in the state to achieve major environmental, health, and economic transformations.
Authorizes the securitization of coal plants, and uses some of the millions of dollars in savings from securitization to reinvest back in workers and vulnerable communities.