Meanwhile, Georgia is one of the top coal ash-generating states in the country, producing more than 6 millions tons of coal ash every year. And for many years, the state has also been a dumping ground for coal ash from Florida and the Carolinas.
WASHINGTON, DC -Voters who say that Democratic candidates’ climate plans are “very important” in their choice of who to vote for are currently calling Joe Biden their #1 pick to be the Democratic nominee for President, according to the first wave of resultsfrom the Sierra Club’s 2020 Climate Voter Tracking Poll, conducted by Morning Consult. Biden is currently receiving 37% of the support among climate voters, with Bernie Sanders coming in at #2 with 19% and Elizabeth Warren at 15%.
MISSOULA, Mont.— The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee on Tuesday will consider implementing additional measures to reduce conflicts between grizzly bears and people in the northern Rockies, as requested by conservation groups and others.
The number of grizzly bear deaths has spiked to unprecedented levels in recent years. In 2018, at least 120 bears died in the Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide regions. Most were preventable mortalities from human-related causes.
Oakland, CA -- Today, with the latest release of an ambitious climate plan from a Democratic candidate, Governor Jay Inslee released a “Freedom from Fossil Fuels” plan that includes an end to fossil fuel subsidies, a ban on federal fossil fuel leasing, a phase out of fossil fuel production, and significant investments in supporting fossil fuel workers.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
Washington, DC -- Today, the Trump administration’s White House Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) released new draft guidance for federal agencies, gutting requirements for environmental reviews of fossil fuel projects.
Today, CNN reported that Donald Trump’s panel to justify gutting climate safeguards AKA the “Presidential Committee on Climate Security” head William Happer promoted his anti climate science conspiracy theories on white nationalist Stefan Molyneux’s podcast, spoke at a conference organized by the AIDS denialist conspiracy theorist G. Edward Griffin as well as on a YouTube channel that pushes 9/11 conspiracy theories.
TRENTON -- Today the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has approved proposals from Orsted for 1100MW of offshore wind. This solicitation award is part of Governor Murphy’s Executive Order No. 8. The order sets a goal of providing 3,500 megawatts of offshore wind by 2030 with at least 1,100 megawatts to be procured as soon as possible.
Once built, the 1100MW project would power an estimated 875,000 homes and reduce Co2 emissions in the state by close to 3 million metric tons annually.
WASHINGTON, DC - The Sierra Club is launching a monthly 2020 Democratic Primary tracking poll, conducted by Morning Consult, with the first wave of results coming ahead of next week’s Democratic debates in Miami.
Morning Consult will conduct the 2020 Climate Voter Tracking Poll for Sierra Club in order to determine how candidates stack up with Democratic primary voters who are most deeply concerned about the climate crisis and the candidates’ plans to tackle it.
Today, Duke Energy Indiana announced its preferred 20-year energy plan, which is a climate and customer disaster. Duke’s proposed portfolio relies heavily on new fracked gas power plants and continued reliance for decades on one of the largest coal-burning fleets in the country.
Today, the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) approved a rulemaking initiated in 2017 under the Rauner Administration that allows Vistra Energy, the Texas-based owner of Illinois largest coal plant fleet, greater flexibility to operate its plants with less stringent, state pollution standards. Since proposed, the revisions to one of Illinois’ signature air pollution standards, known as the Multi-Pollutant Standard (MPS), generated significant public opposition across the state and drew greater speculation on the close ties Rauner’s IEPA Director had with polluting industries though important improvements were made to the original proposal by both the IPCB and new IEPA leadership under the Pritzker Administration, environmental and community groups continue to seek stronger standards.