March 8, 2018
A coalition of environmental advocates filed two requests to stop construction of the controversial fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
Press Releases
March 8, 2018
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Today, hundreds of residents, community leaders and local coalitions filled the New Orleans City Council chambers, sending a message to the council to say “no” to Entergy’s $230 million gas power plant. Despite a strong and passionate showing from the at-capacity crowd, the New Orleans City Council voted 6 to 1 to approve the plant for New Orleans. Councilwoman Susan Guidry voted against the plant.
March 8, 2018
Oak Creek, WI -- The Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin held a press conference announcing the results of independent testing that confirmed coal dust samples taken by the Environmental Accountability Group (EAG) and tested by Aspen Consulting, Inc. The black coal dust was found covering homes, cars, and even the playground in neighborhoods north of the Oak Creek and Elm Road Power Plants on Monday.
March 8, 2018
Washington, DC -- Today, the Associated Press reported that the Department of the Interior spent nearly $139,000 on a work order labeled “Secretary’s Door.” Zinke’s spokesperson is not denying that they used this money for a new door for Secretary Zinke.
March 8, 2018
Today, the Department of the Interior announced plans to speed up efforts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The effort would give the area over to the oil industry, ignoring the place’s importance to the Gwich’in Nation, the permanence of drilling damage to one of the country’s last wild places, and the irreversible climate impacts in a state already warming at twice the rate of the rest of the country.
March 8, 2018
Today, the Maryland House of Delegates passed the Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2018 with a 98-40 vote. The bill provides $150 million of annual dedicated funding for the WMATA metro system and additional funds for MTA and the Baltimore region.
March 7, 2018
Last night, Politico reported that the American Petroleum Institute’s executive committee will visit the White House next week to discuss energy policy.
March 7, 2018
Yesterday, footage released by Earthworks revealed the extent of a massive methane disaster at an exploded XTO oil and gas site in Belmont County, Ohio.
March 7, 2018
The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement has asked its full commission to force fossil fuel giant Sunoco to shut down its Mariner East 1 liquid gas pipeline.
March 7, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Senate Democrats outlined their Jobs and Infrastructure Plan for America’s Workers which stands in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s infrastructure scam. Unlike the Trump scam, which includes a mere percentage of the funding needed and effectively guts large portions of America’s bedrock environmental protection laws, Senate Democrats’ plan addresses the root causes of our infrastructure shortfall by investing comprehensively in areas including clean energy, water projects, maintenance on public lands, universal broadband and improving the grid.