WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in a victory for communities around the country and a positive step toward clean water for all, EPA announced utilities in several states can no longer dump toxic coal ash waste into unlined ponds, proposing to deny utilities’ requests to continue the harmful and irresponsible practice.
Resolutions call on top banks, insurance companies to make significant progress on climate goals
El Presidente Biden renominó hoy a Laura Daniel-Davis como la principal subsecretaria asistente de gestión de terrenos y minerales del Departamento del Interior.
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved the Appalachian Power Company’s (APCo) 2022 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) as reasonable for purposes of planning.
Data indicates major failings by financial institutions to help meet global commitments on net zero
WASHINGTON– Today, President Biden re-nominated Laura Daniel-Davis as the U.S. Department of the Interior’s principal deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals management. The nomination now heads to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for consideration.
San Antonio, TX – Today, the CPS Energy Board of Trustees approved a plan to retire the utility’s last remaining coal plant – the Spruce coal plant – by 2028. The announcement follows decades of community outcry about the plant, which advocates criticize for its contribution to global warming, air pollution, water pollution, and cost to CPS Energy ratepayers.
On the eve of Lunar New Year on January 21, 2023, a mass shooting occurred in Monterey Park, Calif. that killed eleven people and injured another nine in a ballroom dance studio. This mass violence adds to the compounded trauma that our Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) community has experienced with years of being scapegoated for the pandemic with hate crimes and violence.
Washington D.C. – Yesterday, on the first day of the Washington D.C. Auto Show, auto accountability experts from health, faith and environmental advocacy groups held a press conference in front of the Convention Center calling on automakers to produce more, clean electric vehicles. Advocates condemned car companies like Toyota for prioritizing profit over our collective health and safety.
La marca de prendas menstruales Thinx acordó una demanda colectiva de hasta $5 millones que acusó que sus productos contienen los venenosos compuestos PFAS, Per- y Poly-Fluoroalquilos.