Washington, D.C. – Seventeen business, equity, science, clean energy, faith and environmental groups are publicly calling on the Biden administration to set multi-pollutant climate and clean air standards that will eliminate dangerous particle, nitrogen oxides and climate pollution from new freight trucks and buses – and to adopt these standards in the next 18 months.
Today, the City of LA released the long-awaited LA100 study, which lays out four detailed paths for the City to achieve 100% clean energy as soon as 2035 (and 98% by 2030). Back in 2016, when the City Council directed the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to study the equitable transition away from fossil fuels, LA was one of only 17 cities in the country that had committed to achieving clean energy. Now the number of US cities committed to 100% clean energy is above 170, and LA is the first to take this next important step toward following through on their commitment.
Even amidst the global economic downturn, fossil fuel financing numbers were higher in 2020 than 2016
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Yesterday, the New York Times reported on plans from President Biden’s advisers for an economic recovery package designed to reduce carbon emissions, invest in manufacturing and high-tech industries, and upgrade infrastructure.
Conservation groups in the Pacific Northwest filed a legal challenge to reinstate federal protections on more than 3.4 million acres of federal old-growth forests, which are essential for the survival of the threatened northern spotted owl. The lawsuit asks the court to reject a rule issued in the last days of the Trump administration that eliminated one-third of the critical habitat protections for the species. The nonprofit law firms Earthjustice and Western Environmental Law Center represent Audubon Society of Portland, Cascadia Wildlands, Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Northwest, Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC), Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Oregon Wild, Sierra Club and The Wilderness Society in the lawsuit.
CARSON CITY (Mar. 23, 2021) — Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen (D-29) introduced the Responsible Energy Planning bill (AB380) today. This bill, which has already garnered support from local clean energy and business advocates, would require Nevada’s gas utilities to avoid wasteful and unnecessary gas spending and consider clean energy alternatives that meet the state’s goals of 100 percent clean power and zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.CARSON CITY (Mar. 23, 2021) — Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen (D-29) introduced the Responsible Energy Planning bill (AB380) today. This bill, which has already garnered support from local clean energy and business advocates, would require Nevada’s gas utilities to avoid wasteful and unnecessary gas spending and consider clean energy alternatives that meet the state’s goals of 100 percent clean power and zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Fresno, Calif.— Conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management today over the Trump administration’s rushed sale of seven oil and gas leases on public lands in Kern County, California.
Washington, D.C. -- On Monday, 10 people were tragically killed in a mass shooting while at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. According to authorities, the suspect was apprehended at the site of the crime and has been charged with 10 counts of murder in the first degree. Cases of gun violence are on the rise as the country begins to reopen in accordance with public health and safety policies.
New Orleans, LA -- Last week, the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Karen Carter Peterson in the special election for Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District.
Trenton, New Jersey - The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) released an analysis of potential massive cost impacts to New Jersey consumers as a result of the Trump-era federal meddling in the PJM capacity market. The federal rule, known as the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR), essentially bails out uneconomic fossil fuel companies at the consumer’s expense by forcing them to needlessly pay twice for generation capacity.