TotalEnergies CEO defends controversial offshore wind deal: "It's our money" Patrick Pouyanné says offshore wind "requires many years to develop" and can't be stop-and-start.

TotalEnergies explains why it cut a deal to cancel its offshore wind leases: "If you have a change in the administration every four years and they change their minds...it doesn't work." www.axios.com/2026/04/17/t...
Sounds like yet another reason we need permitting reform.

Nine people standing next to a pile of trash bags in a wooded area.

Great stream cleanup today! We gathered up five bags of trash with Raritan Headwaters, including hundreds of cigarette butts, pounds of broken glass, and an entire chair.

Global fossil power generation fell after the Hormuz closure due to solar and wind growth – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air Global power generation from fossil fuels fell in the first month since the start of the Hormuz blockade, with the fall in gas-fired generation offset by large increases in solar and wind power, rathe...

Analysts expected the spike in oil and gas prices would drive emissions up in the short term as countries burned more coal. Apparently, that didn't happen. energyandcleanair.org/fossil-power...

CCL's Summer Conference & Lobby Day The Path to Clean Energy Runs Through D.C. Join us July 26-28.

Registration is now open for CCL's Summer Conference and Lobby Day in D.C., 7/26-7-28. Register by 5/21 to get the $149 Early Bird price! (Does not include lodging, but we do have a block of rooms at a group rate.) citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-chan...

Help EVP get out the environmental vote! Two events coming up in May:
1) Postcarding in Cranford 5/3, 1:30-4:30 (community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...)
2) Phone banking to NJ environmental voters 5/6, 6:30-8 (community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...)

Still seeking volunteers for our April tabling events: 4/25 in Somerville and 4/26 in Mountainside. signup.com/Group/646071...

Update: NJ's bill passed UNANIMOUSLY in the Senate on March 23. On to the Assembly! www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...

Ask Your Members of Congress to Work on Clean Energy Permitting Reform Permitting reform negotiations have officially restarted in Congress. Ask your representatives to work on comprehensive, bipartisan legislation.

This month's action: write to Reps urging a comprehensive, bipartisan permitting reform deal. We're talking up the Hickenlooper/Padilla transmission bill as a framework for negotiation. citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...

Our First-Ever Repair Cafe! - Sustainable Highland Park

If you live near Highland Park, the town is holding a Repair Cafe on Sunday 4/19, 1-4. Neighbors will help each other fix their broken stuff to keep it out of the landfill--plus there will be refreshments. sustainablehighlandpark.org/event/our-fi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: New Jersey's Comprehensive Climate Action Plan Webinar | Seminario Web Sobre El Plan Integral De Acción Climática de Nueva Jersey. After registering, you wi... Join the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for an overview of the 2025 New Jersey’s Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP). The CCAP is a broad plan for how the State will reduce gre...

There's a DEP Webinar tomorrow, 4/14, on NJ's Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP). It will outline how NJ plans to meet its “80x50” goal: cut greenhouse gas emissions 80% from 2006 levels by 2050. Registration here: rutgers.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Since late 2022, renewables have supplied more energy to the U.S. grid than coal or nuclear. Last month, they also beat gas.

States are having second thoughts on nuclear power.

New Jersey just lifted its de facto reactor ban, the second state to do so this year.

We have 5 slots left for the 4/18 stream cleanup. Details and registration here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

2 tabling events coming up this month: Somerville's Earth Day Green Fair, 11-2 on 4/25, and the Wild Earth Fest in Mountainside, 11-5 on 4/26. You can sign up for either or both here: signup.com/Group/646071...

Our monthly meeting is this Saturday, 4/11, 12:30-3 at UUCSH or 2-3 on Zoom. RSVP here: community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event... (If you can't attend in person, you can also catch the national call on Zoom at 1pm: community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/...)

There’s hope for the offshore wind industry — yes, really Trump’s court losses give the industry a chance to get back on stable footing.

After losing all its cases against offshore wind projects, the Trump administration has opted not to appeal. grist.org/energy/offsh...
Now we just need permitting reform to make sure they never pull the same stunt again. Write to Congress here: citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...

This spring has been a record season for renewables Wind, solar, and batteries are more critical than ever as the world faces a fossil fuel crisis, and spring is when these resources hit their stride.

Renewable energy has already broken several records this spring - and spring's just getting started. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Hosted by CCL NJ: Phone bank into NJ CD11 Join the Environmental Voter Project and Citizens' Climate Lobby New Jersey to turn out low propensity environmental voters in NJ Congressional District 11 ahead of their April 16th special general el...

CCL's virtual phone bank to get out the environmental vote for the NJ-11 special election is this Wednesday, 4/8, 6:30-8pm. You can register here: www.environmentalvoter.org/CCLNJApr82026

If you're taking part in the 4/18 Raritan Headwaters Annual Stream Cleanup, remember to register by 4/12! We have only 3 signed up so far and a lot of ground to cover! community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...

Reasons for joy - Park Record "There is progress to celebrate and work to be done. As we look forward, here are four reasons to make 2026 the year of Joy for climate work."

Two Utah CCLers published an inspiring letter to the editor about reasons to rejoice in climate activism. www.parkrecord.com/2026/03/18/r...

Check out CCL's updated tabling materials for spring! There's a new BRIDGE activity based on the six Moral Foundations, as well as updated versions of our trifold and About CCL handouts. community.citizensclimate.org/resources/

Pledge a monthly donation, get your gift matched All new and increased monthly donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar through December 2026. Help us fund year-round climate advocacy!

CCL is within $500 of its fundraising goal, and the deadline to meet it has been extended by 72 hours. You can add your monthly donation to the total here: citizensclimatelobby.org/donate/

Last chance to have your new monthly donation matched! CCL is hoping for another $3067 pledged by midnight.

How Clean Energy Firms Are Trying to Survive the Trump Era

Clean energy companies are now seeking ways to "be cost-effective no matter which way the policy pendulum swings.”
(gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/c...

Many homes already have the power to electrify, study finds A California power provider shows homes can ditch fossil-fueled appliances without pricey electrical service upgrades after all.

Turns out you might be able to electrify your home without upgrading your 100-amp electrical panel.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

Poster with picture of several evergreen trees on a hillside and a figure planting a tree sapling in the middle. In green letters, it reads: "Raritan Valley Commmunity College Round Table for a Climate-Friendly Future Practical Approaches & Achievable Goals Experts share ways to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions! Moderated by Sue Dorward, Principal at Carbon Manager LLC. Tuesday March 31st 1-2:20 pm RVCC Atrium Ground floor College Center Vegetarian Lunch Leanne McGowan Sustainable Jersey Ed Selica Advanced Solar Products Meghann Smith Montclair State University Jon Wagar Duke Farms" Logo at bottom: Green pennant with lion head, the letters RV, and "Student Engagement Transcript Approved"

Our next tabling event is tomorrow at the Raritan Valley Community College Roundtable for a Climate-Friendly Future. If you'll be there, stop by our table to say hi!

Table covered with craft supplies: scissors, glue sticks, strips of card stock, thinner strips of paper in shades of blue and red, and a paper showing the pattern of climate stripes (shades of blue gradually turning paler and then shifting to red, reflecting the warming of the planet).

Our NJ Makers Day tabling went pretty well. About a dozen kids stopped by to make climate stripes bookmarks. Not sure how much they learned about climate, but at least they're showing their stripes for others to see.

Paying a foreign company $1B deal to to forgo offshore wind leases and invest in oil and gas instead sounds like a disaster. But it's exactly what the company was doing anyway, so it hasn't actually made things any worse. grist.org/politics/tru...

Iran war fuel crisis gives electric cars a long-term boost U.S. President Donald Trump is a renowned champion of fossil fuels, but the lasting legacy of the war against Iran is likely to be an acceleration of the energy transition, especially in Asia.

Although President Trump loathes EVs and clean energy, the fuel shortages caused by his Iran war are driving the rest of the world toward them. www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

Photo of 9 people seated across 2 tables holding up postcards marked "Pennsylvanians are voting in record numbers. Don't be left behind!"

Thanks to all who joined last Saturday's EVP postcarding party! We knocked out 300 postcards in record time.