Albany, N.Y.— The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released a draft pollution protection rule today that would place stringent emissions standards on existing power plants. Today’s action is a critical first step to ensure that the state reaches its goal to eliminate 40 percent of New York’s greenhouse gas emissions sector wide by 2030, while protecting New York’s air and water from outdated, dirty, and unnecessary power plants.
Richmond, VA -- Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Incidental Take permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The permit, granted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, authorizes construction efforts to take certain threatened and endangered species. The permit is required to construct the fracked gas pipeline, and with it being vacated, the project must be halted.
Oakland, Calif. - Today, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ruled in favor of coal terminal developer Phil Tagami in his lawsuit challenging the City of Oakland’s ban on coal handling and storage. After a three-day trial, the judge found that the City of Oakland had not yet compiled sufficient evidence to support its ban against coal handling and storage in Oakland.
Oakland, Calif. --- Today, Judge Vince Chhabria invalidated Oakland’s ordinance that bans the storage and handling of dirty coal at the Oakland Army Base.
In response, Luis Amezcua, Chair of the Northern Alameda County Group of the Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter issued the following statement:
Washington, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club and other environmental and consumer advocacy groups filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia against Scott Pruitt’s Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision that the light-duty vehicle standards for model years 2022 to 2025 are no longer appropriate and should be revised.
With FPL proposing to expand the burning of fracked gas at their Dania Beach plant, residents of South Florida are uniting in opposition
With FPL proposing to expand the burning of fracked gas at their Dania Beach plant, residents of South Florida are uniting in opposition
Today, according to a letter from EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins, Scott Pruitt had requested round the clock security before he was sworn in as EPA Administrator. His 24/7 security detail began on his first day in office. The request did not go through Office of the Inspector General (OIG) but instead the EPA Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency is debuting the Office of Continuous Improvement, a new office tasked with making the agency more "lean." According to the EPA’s webpage on this, the office will result in “superior customer service.”
Investors Totaling More Than $2.5 Trillion in Assets Call on Oil Companies, Banks Not to Support Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge