Hoy terminaron las negociaciones de la 27 Conferencia de Partes (COP27), con el acuerdo de países de desarrollar nuevas formas de financiación, incluyendo un fondo dedicado a ayudar a los países más vulnerables a sobrellevar los impactos adversos del cambio climático.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- Today, the 27th UN Conference of Parties (COP27) climate negotiations ended, with countries agreeing to develop new funding arrangements, including a dedicated fund to help the most vulnerable countries cope with the adverse impacts of climate change and reaffirming the need to stay below 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, EPA denied Lightstone Generation’s request to continue dumping toxic coal ash waste into unlined storage ponds at the General James M. Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Biden Administration took a positive step toward ensuring reliability and accelerating the clean energy transition by announcing the availability of $13 billion in grants to support new and upgraded transmission lines, in the largest direct federal investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure to date.
Un juez de distrito federal favoreció al Servicio Federal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre y al Servicio Nacional de Pesca Marina retrasar la restauración de Protecciones de la Ley de Especies en Peligro (ESA) para cientos de especies y sus hábitats.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced he will not seek leadership reelection in the 118th Congress but will continue to serve in Congress.
In response, Sierra Club President Ramon Cruz released the following statement:
Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced she will not seek reelection as leader of the House Democratic caucus in the 118th Congress, but will remain representing California’s 12th district.
Today, U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan introduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, a move recognized by the Greater Chaco Coalition as a step in the right direction. Though the Coalition supports this legislation, more needs to be done to address the cumulative impact of extractive industries on the Greater Chaco Landscape and its communities.
Despite clear evidence that liquified methane gas (LNG) exports are harmful to domestic energy consumers and are disastrous for frontline communities and the climate, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Commonwealth LNG export terminal, the first such certification in 2.5 years.
Estados Unidos anunció que se une a un memorando global de entendimiento por el que se compromete a ventas exclusivas de camiones y autobuses de cero emisiones para 2040.