New York – Today, the Biden Administration announced an auction for lease areas to develop up to 7GW of new offshore wind in the New York Bight. The announcement marks major progress towards President Biden’s goal of developing 30GW of offshore wind by 2030.
St. Louis, MO – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Ameren Missouri failed to provide enough information to demonstrate its ability to safely operate coal waste facilities at its Meramec and Sioux coal-burning power plants.
Esta tarde, durante un discurso en el distrito electoral del fallecido congresista John Lewis, el Presidente Biden y la Vicepresidenta Harris urgieron al Senado a cambiar las reglas del Senado para aprobar la Ley de Libertad para Votar y la Ley John Lewis de Avance de los Derechos del Votante (VRAA).
ATLANTA -- This afternoon, during a speech in the late Congressman John Lewis’ district, President Biden and Vice President Harris called on the Senate to change the Senate rules to pass the Freedom To Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This marks the first time President Biden has publicly called on the Senate to change the Jim Crow filibuster.
This morning, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will require utilities in several Midwestern states to clean up their coal ash waste. Coal ash is toxic waste produced by coal-burning power plants.
The Biden administration announced yesterday that it will reverse a Trump administration policy that opened up millions of acres in the Western Arctic for oil drilling.
In a filing late Friday, the Biden administration's U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) defended two Trump-era resource management plans (RMPs) that failed to comply with a court order to account for impacts from burning publicly-owned coal, including on public health, and to consider alternatives that limit coal leasing on public lands in the Powder River Basin – the largest coal-producing region in the country.
Hoy, mientras el país conmemora el aniversario del violento ataque contra el Capitolio Federal, el Sierra Club de nuevo urge al Senado a proteger y reforzar la democracia aprobando la Ley de Libertad para Votar, la Ley John Lewis de Avance de los Derechos del Votante (VRAA) y la Ley de Protección de la Democracia Estadounidense.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, as the country marks the one-year anniversary of the violent attack on the US Capitol, the Sierra Club again calls on the Senate to protect and strengthen our democracy by passing the Freedom to Vote Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA), and the Protect Our Democracy Act. These critical federal laws will preempt the hundreds of bad state bills that could otherwise keep millions of people from voting in upcoming elections, put in place more checks and balances, prevent presidential abuse of power as we saw under the Trump administration, and prevent future attempts to undermine and attack our elections.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leading environmental organizations are calling on President Biden and the Senate to act with urgency and pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on the one year anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.