Boston, M.A.-- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Martin Suuberg issued a rubber stamp approval of the air quality permit today for the highly-contested Weymouth compressor station. The Commissioner’s decision to ignore existing air quality data and to allow further pollution in the Fore River Basin will cause direct harm to the community if the project moves forward.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- Earlier today an administrative law judge (ALJ) filed a recommendation as part of OG&E’s ongoing rate case that misguidedly supports the utility’s wasteful actions. Specifically, the ALJ recommends finding that OG&E’s so-called investment of half a billion dollars on the aging and polluting Sooner coal plant was “prudent, and used and useful,” and that those costs—hundreds of millions of dollars—should be passed onto Oklahoma ratepayers.
Hoy, 12 de julio, se celebrarán vigilias de Luces para la Libertad en las que participarán miles de personas en todo el mundo, incluyendo los centros de detención en Estados Unidos, en patios y hogares, para protestar contra las inhumanas condiciones que sufren los inmigrantes detenidos.
Washington, DC-- On Friday July 12th, 2019, Lights for Liberty vigils will bring thousands of people to locations worldwide as well as to detention centers across the country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants. For information on the events across the country and sponsors, see the Lights for Liberty page.
Washington, DC-- Moments ago, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by 220 by 197 which includes strong initial efforts to address the contamination caused by the Department of Defense’s use of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-- harming the drinking water of millions of Americans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump announced he is directing the Commerce Department to collect citizenship data from all federal agencies and departments. This is a defeat for the administration’s attempts to weaponize the 2020 Census by adding a racist and illegal citizenship question citizenship question in an effort to erase and intimidate immigrants and vulnerable communities from answering the Census and deprive them of political representation and resources. Trump’s announcement still leaves the door open for states to manipulate Congressional districts based on citizenship.
Donald Trump dio hoy un discurso intentando cambiar la narrativa de su debilitamiento y ataques contra las normas de aire y agua limpios y las protecciones climáticas. Trump, quien inició su mandato como el único líder mundial que niega la ciencia climática, no mencionó la crisis climática ni una sola vez.
Lansing, MI – Today Washington Governor Jay Inslee joined in the widespread calls for the decommissioning of Enbridge’s Line 5 in the Great Lakes, citing the threat of an oil pipeline rupture to the world’s largest surface fresh water body and the vital role Michigan can play in reducing fossil fuels that are warming our planet
In response, Sierra Club Michigan Chapter Executive Committee member David Holtz released the following statement:
Washington, DC -- Congressional Republicans are forming a so-called “Roosevelt Conservation Caucus” in an effort to make their party appear less aggressively anti-environment.
Washington, DC-- This morning, the Trump Administration issued a veto threat for the House of Representatives National Defense Authorization Act of 2020 (NDAA), citing two provisions that would improve safeguards against contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in our communities.