WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Washington Post reported that the the Trump administration foresees the world will have a seven degree increase in temperature by 2100 -- and the administration used that as justification to continue to roll back climate protections, like the clean car standards. According to scientists, this level of temperature increase would be catastrophic for civilization. Still, the analysis from the Trump administration does not call for climate action, and instead surrenders to the whims of big polluters.
WASHINGTON D.C. — On behalf of Sierra Club, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Local Environmental Action Demanded (“LEAD Agency”), Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against the U.S. EPA to block EPA from transferring federal oversight over disposal of toxic coal ash in Oklahoma to the state. The Oklahoma program runs directly counter to a federal court appeals court ruling the same organizations won that bans unlined toxic coal ash ponds from continuing to operate.
As Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) prepares its 20-year energy plan, constituents from the three major cities in I&M’s service territory have been asking their public leaders to support a shift to renewable energy through a sign-on letter.
AEP Ohio filed at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to develop the two largest solar projects in Ohio history - the 300 MW Highland Solar project and the 100 MW Willowbrook Solar project, both located in Highland County.
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, and one of the survivors who have accused him of sexual assault, Dr Christine Blasey Ford, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on whether Kavanaugh deserves a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The House Natural Resources Committee today passed a suite of bills undermining the Endangered Species Act. The action is the latest in a string of anti-wildlife actions by the committee this week.
In a notice set to appear in the Federal Register tomorrow, Ryan Zinke’s Department of the Interior will roll back offshore drilling safeguards issued under the Obama administration in response to the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 people and spilled millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Long Beach, NY — The New York State Energy Research and Development (NYSERDA) hosted a public hearing on Wednesday to provide the latest updates on the state's plan for offshore wind development for Long Beach. The Sierra Club, labor unions, allied groups, and local residents attended the hearings and voiced their support for strong environmental protections, community benefits, and labor standards in New York’s increasing investment in offshore wind.
Environmental and tribal parties to the Line 3 pipeline permitting case filed requests today urging the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reconsider their approval of the Line 3 pipeline.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senator Kamala Harris introduced the Outdoors for All Act, which is the Senate version of the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership bill introduced last year by Representative Nanette Diaz Barragan (CA-44) and Representative Mike Turner (OH-10). Outdoors for All would create a dedicated funding source for the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP), which was established by Congress in 2014 and provides competitive grants to communities that lack outdoor recreation spaces to build parks and outdoor recreation facilities.