WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tomorrow, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee is expected to vote on Heidi King’s nomination to become NHTSA’s Administrator. Since the Committee's vote on her nomination last spring, King has worked hand-in-hand with former coal lobbyist EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to propose new fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards f
A federal District Court decision today voids a land exchange deal between the Interior Department and the King Cove Corporation that attempted to trade away vital wetlands and wilderness to build a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
San Juan, Puerto Rico, -- Today, the Senate voted on amendments to a disaster relief bill that provides badly needed relief for flood-impacted states in the Midwest, particularly in Iowa. The Republican-led amendment did not provide adequate funding for continued recovery of Puerto Rico. The amendment was on Senator Shelby’s substitute amendment to HR 268, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, which failed with all Democrats opposed. Democrats voted no on the bill because Puerto Rico has not received the funds promised for recovery.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today ordered Duke Energy to excavate all remaining coal ash impoundments in North Carolina and move the toxic waste to lined storage.
Last night, the United States District Court for the District of Alaska ruled that Donald Trump acted unlawfully in his attempt to undo permanent protections for the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans from offshore drilling. The ruling restores protections to 98% of the Arctic Ocean and millions of acres in the Atlantic. It will also force the administration to reconsider its radical proposed offshore drilling program, which would have expanded drilling into nearly every corner of America’s public waters, including these protected areas.
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump announced that he is bypassing the cross-border permitting environmental review process and issuing a presidential permit to TransCanada to build the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the twice-denied Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Export Terminal and Pacific Connector Pipeline proposed for southern Oregon, opening a public comment period that will close July 5th. Public hearings will be held in southern Oregon in June.
14 local residents and families rallied in Gary with a large blank check to show opposition to House Bill 1470, a bill being pushed by monopoly utilities at the Indiana Legislature.
The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of South Dakota today filed a federal lawsuit challenging three South Dakota laws, including the newly-enacted “Riot Boosting” Act, that threaten activists who encourage or organize protests, particularly protests of the Keystone XL pipeline, with fines, civil liabilities, and/or criminal penalties of up to 25 years in prison. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in the District of South Dakota on behalf of four organizations: the Sierra Club, NDN Collective, Dakota Rural Action, and the Indigenous Environmental Network; and two individuals: Nick Tilsen with NDN Collective and Dallas Goldtooth with Indigenous Environmental Network. All are planning to protest the Keystone XL pipeline and/or encourage others to do so.
Arizona-- A newly-obtained letter from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the Department of Defense requests use of billions of dollars in military funds to build new border walls as part of the Trump Administration’s emergency declaration at the border. According to the document, 213 miles of new and replacement border walls, floodlights and surveillance equipment would be imposed on communities and landscapes in California, Arizona and New Mexico-- including a wall that would block the San Pedro River, one of Arizona’s last remaining free-flowing waterways.