DALLAS, TEXAS -- Today, a coalition of environmental justice advocates, representing organizations across North Texas – including Lane Plating Community Advisory Group, Southern Sector Rising, Downwinders at Risk, Midlothian Breathe, Liveable Arlington, and the Sierra Club – sent a letter to Dr. Earthea Nance, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Regional Administrator for Region 6.
El Panel Intergubernamental sobre Cambio Climático (PICC) de la ONU emitió hoy su Sexto Informe de Evalución del Grupo de Trabajo en el que detalla los costos y consecuencias de la crisis climática, incluyendo salud pública, desplazamiento poblacional, inseguridad de agua y alimentos, además del potencial y límites de la adaptabilidad a la crisis climática y mantener el calentamiento de la atmósfera a solo 1,5 grados centígrados.
EL PASO, TEXAS / LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO – On Friday, a coalition of environmental and community groups filed a motion to intervene in Texas’s challenge to the EPA's designation of El Paso County as being in nonattainment under the 2015 ozone standard for air quality.
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report 6 Working Group 2 (WG II) released its new report spelling out the costs and consequences of the climate crisis, including public health, displacement, food and water insecurity, as well as the potential and limits in adapting to the climate crisis and keeping global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
El Presidente Biden anunció hoy que la jueza Ketanji Brown Jackson es su nominada a la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos. Una vez confirmada, la jueza Jackson ocupará la vacante del magistrado Stephen Breyer cuando se retire al final de este ciclo judicial.
AES, the parent company of AES Indiana (formerly Indianapolis Power & Light) announced today that it will exit all coal operations by 2025. Meanwhile, AES Indiana issued a supplemental statement stating that the future of the two remaining unannounced coal units at its Petersburg Super Polluter coal plant in Southwest Indiana “has not been decided.”
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, President Biden announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Once confirmed, Judge Jackson will fill Justice Breyer’s seat when he retires at the end of this term.
Michelle Mascarenhas has joined the Sierra Club as the organization’s National Director of Campaigns. A dedicated champion of climate justice and community-led change, Mascarenhas brings decades of experience and knowledge to the movement.
El Servicio postal finalizó hoy su controversial plan de adquirir vehículos de combustión interna para el 90% de su parque móvil, una afronta directa a los compromisos climáticos de la administración Biden.