WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a dramatic revision to its drinking water limits for four toxic PFAS chemicals. The agency is lowering its lifetime health advisory levels for two PFAS chemicals - PFOS and PFOA - by more than 1000-fold to 20 and 4 parts per quadrillion, respectively. EPA is also setting new health advisories for two common PFAS chemicals that were invented as replacements - known as GenX and PFBS, to 10 and 2000 parts per trillion respectively.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House passed the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA) with a 231-190 vote. This historic bipartisan bill would invest nearly $1.4 billion for states, territories, and Tribes to amplify their work in recovering, conserving, and protecting at-risk wildlife and habitat.
In response, Bradley Williams, Associate Director of Legislative and Administrative Advocacy released the following statement:
Washington, DC – Today, the American Petroleum Institute (API) released a new 10-point plan laying out policy demands for expanded oil and gas production in response to current high fossil fuel prices and geopolitical instability.
In response, Sierra Club Senior Director of Energy Campaigns Kelly Sheehan released the following statement:
Ahead of Toyota’s Annual General Meeting, organizations call for NHTSA and EPA to investigate Hino, a subsidiary of Toyota, for emissions cheating in the US after cheating was found in Japanese trucks
Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the license for SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy Vehicle, which would result in a large expansion of the launch facility’s operations in South Texas’ Boca Chica Beach, despite the Rio Grande Valley community and environmental advocates' consistent and vocal opposition to the destructive rocket project.
The Sierra Club and partners submitted comments into the Cumberland DEIS docket along with a commissioned Synapse report outlining a better path forward for TVA to replace retiring coal generation with renewable energy, battery storage, and energy efficiency commitments.
A new report on the potential impacts of Plaquemines LNG was released and sent this morning in a set of joint comments from Sierra Club and Healthy Gulf to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which urge the agency to deny the facility’s request to produce an additional 3.2 MTPA (million metric tons per year) of fracked gas. The organizations also argue that FERC must prepare a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that fully analyzes the facility’s potential impact on the environment, climate, and environmental justice communities in the construction of the Plaquemines LNG export terminal.
UTAH – Sierra Club has filed a suit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for approving two coal lease modifications authorizing a 7 million-ton expansion of the Lila Canyon underground coal mine that would cause severe climate damage, impacting air quality, and diminished visibility in natural areas like the Book Cliffs Mountain Range, Turtle Canyon Wilderness area, and the San Rafael Swell. If allowed to go forward, the expansion would result in more than 11 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
Los departamento de Transporte y de Energía propusieron hoy nuevas directrices de estaciones de recarga para vehículos eléctricos (VE) que serán financiadas por la Ley Bipartidista de Infraestructura.
New York – Yesterday, Judge Robert A. Onofry dismissed a lawsuit filed by Danskammer Energy LLC, seeking to overturn the Department of Environmental Conservation's denial of a permit necessary for Danskammer to build a new fracked gas plant on the banks of the Hudson River in Orange County.