Anheuser Busch, makers of the Budweiser brand of beers, recently unveiled its 2019 Super Bowl commercial, which features Clydesdales, wind turbines, and Bob Dylan, proclaiming that Anheuser Busch “now brews with wind power for a better tomorrow.”
Anheuser Busch, makers of the Budweiser brand of beers, recently unveiled its 2019 Super Bowl commercial, which features Clydesdales, wind turbines, and Bob Dylan, proclaiming that Anheuser Busch “now brews with wind power for a better tomorrow.”
Today, the Huffington Post reported that Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s old lobbying firm, Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting, was fired by Murray Energy shortly after Trump announced his plans to nominate Wheeler to head the EPA.
BATON ROUGE, LA - Tuesday, Cleco Power announced its proposed Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which confirms that reducing the operation of the Company’s oldest and dirtiest coal-burning power plant and adding up to 1,400 megawatts (“MW”) of clean energy will save its electricity customers millions while reducing air and water pollution throughout the state.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler will not consider federal limits on per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals that are fueling a water contamination crisis in hundreds of communities across the country, including in Colorado. PFAS chemicals have been detected in water supplies for more than 100,000 Colorado residents.
On January 29, Mayor Marty Walsh announced the City of Boston’s next steps for updating Boston’s Climate Action Plan, which include creating “implementation roadmaps” to reach the city’s climate goals. The Climate Action Plan will be informed by the newly released Carbon Free Boston report, produced by Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy, which outlines pathways to achieving 100 percent carbon neutrality by 2050.
Washington, DC-- This week, The Intercept reported on the Sierra Club discovery that the U.S. military is sending its stockpiles of toxic PFAS chemicals to hazardous waste incinerators -- a dangerous and contamination-prone approach.
The Trump shutdown may be (temporarily) over, but the damage done to our communities, our national parks, and our environment will be felt for centuries. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the shutdown cost the economy $11 billion, with $3 billion of that permanently lost.
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency released their 2018 year in review report. While this year’s report featured far fewer pictures of disgraced EPA administrator Scott Pruitt (0) than the 2017 wrap-up, the same anti-environmental agenda is heavily touted.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Moments ago, Donald Trump announced he will sign Congressional Democrats’ proposal for a three-week continuing resolution, temporarily reopening the government. The backlog in pay to federal workers totals nearly $6 billion -- wages Trump doesn’t know when will be paid back. Trump also pushed a proposed Homeland Security legislation that would secure the funding for the wall. Again, Trump threatened to shut the government back down or declare a national emergency to construct his border wall should his demands continue to be rejected.