October 30, 2019
Today, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto came out in opposition to the continued buildout of polluting plastic and petrochemical facilities in Western Pennsylvania in favor of climate action.
Press Releases October 2019
October 29, 2019
Today, the Salt Lake County Council passed a resolution establishing a goal of powering the county with 100% clean, renewable electricity by 2030.
October 29, 2019
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today issued a proclamation recognizing the 25th anniversary of the California Desert Protection Act. The proclamation celebrates the many contributions protected desert lands make to the local economy and quality of life. Supervisor Kathryn Barger, whose Supervisorial District 5 is home to important protected desert lands, brought forth the proclamation.
October 28, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This evening, it was reported that automakers General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota, Mazda and Mitsubishi are moving to intervene in support of the Trump administration in the legal battle over California’s long-standing authority to set more stringent emission standards for new motor vehicles, as well as to require automakers to manufacture increasing numbers of electric vehicles.
28 de octubre de 2019
Cientos de miles de residentes en California han recibido órdenes de evacuación mientras los incendios que avanzan con gran velocidad continúan destruyendo hogares y comercios.
October 28, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Hundreds of thousands of California residents are under evacuation orders as fast-moving fires in Northern and Southern California continue to destroy homes and businesses.
October 24, 2020
DENVER, CO — Today, the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountain, the Colorado AFL-CIO, and the Colorado Sierra Club delivered 17,026 petition signatures to Senator Cory Gardner demanding he vote no on the nomination of Donald Trump’s extreme Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. More than 3.2 million signatures were collected nationwide, the most ever in opposition to a Supreme Court nominee.
25 de octubre de 2019
El director en funciones de la Oficina de Gestión de Terrenos (BML), William Pendley, declaró hoy que el muro fronterizo de Trump “está solucionando la crisis ambiental que impacta los terrenos más vulnerables de nuestro país”.
October 25, 2019
Tucson, AZ-- Today, the Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) William Pendley stated that Trump’s border wall is “addressing the environmental crisis impacting our nation’s most vulnerable lands.” Yet, the President’s wall has already decimated over 600 acres of public lands-- bulldozing native plants, cutting off endangered wildlife migration corridors and draining precious water resources throughout the Southwest.
October 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C Circuit confirmed that EPA cannot ignore the record of facts supporting the conclusion that the clean car standards are achievable. In January 2017, the Obama administration went through a robust mid-term evaluation for the clean car standards that confirmed that they are achievable.
October 25, 2019
Advocates from both Wisconsin and Minnesota will speak at a press conference later today, voicing their opposition to the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) gas plant proposed for construction in Superior, Wisconsin. The $700 million project, put forth by Minnesota Power and Dairyland Power, would commit to decades of burning fossil fuel in the Northland.
October 25, 2019
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Attorney General Jason Ravnesborg today backed down from their unconstitutional attempts to silence protesters.