WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn (R-TX) voted for and actively championed the deeply regressive congressional tax scheme, which authorizes drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge for the first time and slashes taxes for corporations and the richest Americans.
In response, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Reggie James released the following statement:
Washington, DC-- Bipartisan poll results released by the Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) demonstrate that the public has major concerns with a proposal to raise entry fees at major national parks across the country. The proposed fee increase would affect some of the U.S.’s most beloved parks including Yellowstone, Shenandoah and Joshua Tree. Entrance fees would more than double, increasing to $70 per vehicle from $30.
A half dozen local consumers and clean energy advocates gathered in front of their electric utility’s headquarters to Carol for Clean Energy, telling Vectren they want renewable energy this holiday season, not fracked gas
Washington, DC -- Today, Scripps News reported that Donald Trump’s nominee for the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, is distancing herself from her testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republicans passed a deeply regressive GOP tax scheme last night which cuts taxes for corporations and the rich while plundering the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and destabilizing a pillar of the U.S. healthcare system. The House will vote on the measure a second time today due to provisions in conflict with Senate rules.
Big oil's contribution in Senate soon to pay off.
WASHINGTON DC - For the last two years the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) states have been conducting a review of their carbon pollution reduction policies in order to set goals that will plot the future course of the program out to 2030. Today, the states released a final model rule that memorializes an agreement to strengthen RGGI, together with economic modeling data that shows the changes will spur economic growth and job creation in the region.
Washington, DC -- After swift and immediate outrage over a Mother Jones report that Scott Pruitt spent $120,000 of taxpayer funds on a partisan political consultant, the Washington Post is reporting that EPA is canceling its contract with Definers
Today, the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to reject a motion from TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, to amend their application for the controversial pipeline.
This afternoon, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) chose not to vote to accelerate the closure of the Martin Drake coal plant, located downtown. Despite strong public and business support for early closure, the CSU Board said they need more details about the costs of operating the aging coal plant even as other cities and utilities throughout the country have begun transitioning to new, clean energy generation.