Albany, New York — Today, environmental groups filed a response to two draft policy documents from the Department of Environmental Conservation that will determine how the key environmental regulator will implement and enforce New York’s nation-leading climate law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).
AUSTIN, TX -- Today, a coalition of Sierra Club members, supporters, and allied organizations including Texas Campaign for the Environment, and the Coalition for Environment, Equity, and Resilience (CEER) submitted a petition with over four thousand signatures to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and almost two dozen people shared in-person testimony in front of the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas, demanding that Governor Abbott, the PUC, and the
Yesterday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed decision that will decimate the cost effectiveness of rooftop solar, and slow our progress on critical climate goals.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the politicians and coal companies who are petitioning the United States Supreme Court in West Virginia v. EPA submitted their initial legal briefs in the case. As the briefs make clear, these petitioners are asking the Court to go far beyond what is needed to clarify the relevant portions of the Clean Air Act. Instead, the petitioners are seeking to redefine the Court’s precedents so as to fundamentally erode the ability of our government to protect the public.
Yesterday, the Virginia-based fossil fuel corporation Venture Global filed a formal application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for CP2 LNG, a fracked gas export terminal proposed for construction in Cameron, Louisiana, just south of Lake Charles. If built, CP2 LNG would be built directly next to Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG, which is already under construction.
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- The February winter storm Uri killed hundreds of Texans. Now, state regulators at the Public Utility Commission (PUC) are following Governor Abbott and allowing the same fossil fuel companies and utilities that caused our suffering to determine the solutions for “fixing” the electric grid. State leaders must listen to everyday Texans and actually fix the electric grid - not to add more of the same old dirty fossil fuels that already left Texans in the cold.
This morning, local community and faith leaders joined together outside U.S. Representative Kurt Schrader’s Oregon City office to urge that he keep his commitment to vote “yes” on the Build Back Better Act. The U.S. House is expected to hold a vote within the next few days.
Boston — Today, Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg announced new draft rules that would allow the state pension fund to vote against directors at companies that are not aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement. The fund controls $95.7 billion invested across over 11,000 public companies.
With a congressional vote expected in the coming days, local community and faith leaders will join together on Thursday, November 18 at 10:00am outside of the office of U.S. Representative Kurt Schrader to urge passage of the Build Back Better Act. Schrader and several colleagues issued a joint statement promising support for the legislation no later than this week. Yet the 5th District congressman has wavered in his commitment in recent days, leading constituents to formally call on Schrader to “keep your word to help Oregon build back better.”
Local residents and community advocates of Southwest Louisiana led an outdoor press conference near the Golden Nugget Casino and Resort, calling for federal, state, and local officials attending the “World LNG & Gas Series: Americas Summit & Exhibition” to seek community input and involvement and place people over profits. The press conference also included a media tour to where new facilities are proposed for construction and expansion, including Magnolia, Cameron, Lake Charles and Driftwood LNG.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six Texas-based U.S. House Democrats — Rep. Henry Cuellar, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, Rep. Sylvia Garcia, Rep. Marc Veasey, and Rep. Filemon Vela — are threatening to halt progress on the most important climate legislation in U.S. history, and derail vital investments in clean energy, clean transportation, and environmental justice in Texas communities.
Yesterday, the fossil fuel company Air Products announced plans for a $4.5 billion “blue hydrogen” plant and accompanying carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) facility for Ascension Parish. Parish officials, Governor John Bel Edwards, and Air Products claim that hydrogen and CCS are climate solutions that will produce low-carbon fuel, but fail to acknowledge that blue hydrogen is derived from methane, which is 20 percent dirtier than burning gas or even coal, and methane is more than 80 percent more potent than carbon in warming our climate during the time it’s in the atmosphere.