Embattled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt again ignored science and announced that burning trees from managed forests will be considered carbon-neutral. This announcement comes in spite of the fact that biomass emits large amounts of carbon dioxide and exacerbates the worst effects of climate change.
Washington, DC -- Today, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Donald Trump’s attempts to let automakers off the hook for failing to meet fuel economy standards. The Sierra Club, along with a coalition of environmental groups and states, had sued the Trump administration for issuing a rule indefinitely delaying an increase in penalties for violations.
Over a dozen Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) customers protested through dance to send a message that I&M isn’t as green as they claim to be. Through a flash mob, advocates expressed that they want a future of 100% renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Scott Pruitt is losing more support from Congressional Republicans at the same time he still refuses to listen to Donald Trump. The Washington Post reported on Friday that Trump told Pruitt directly to “cool it” with the scandals. Since then, Pruitt has been exposed for nearly countless new scandals and has been found to have broken the law, all while complaining about not being able to continue exploiting the American taxpayers to fund his preferred lavish and luxurious lifestyle. All of this couldn’t come at a worse time as Pruitt is set to testify between not one, but two House committees this week.
A crowd of activists will rally Wednesday outside of a meeting of Bank of America’s shareholders and executives to call on the Charlotte-based bank to drop its financing of dirty and destructive fossil fuel projects.
Washington, DC — A coalition of food safety and environmental groups delivered 219,210 public comments to EPA today, urging the agency to ban neonicotinoid pesticides, which is a leading cause of pollinator decline.
ALBANY, NY (April 19, 2018)—Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced a strong energy efficiency target for New York through 2025. The state’s new efficiency goal equates to saving the energy used by 1.8 million homes, and will deliver nearly one third of the state’s broader Greenhouse Gas Reduction target. The Governor’s initiative aims to “deliver benefits to New York consumers through new building retrofits, efficient appliances, and innovative technologies like heat pumps.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- To top off an already bad week filled with broken laws, even more federal investigations, and overwhelming Republican criticism, today it was revealed that Scott Pruitt attempted to waste even more taxpayer money on frivolous expenditures, including a key card swipe system on the doors to the waiting area outside his office; having an EPA staffer hand-deliver daily news clips to his home each evening; and a proposal to rent a second condo in his lobbyist’s building so that his security detail did not have to park on the street overnight.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Scott Pruitt’s EPA submitted a controversial proposal to the White House aimed at requiring all scientific studies the EPA uses for setting safeguards to be peer-reviewed and make their raw data publicly available.
Air quality in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area is among the worst in the nation, according to the American Lung Association State of the Air 2018 report released on Wednesday. The American Lung Association gave Pittsburgh an “F” grade for ozone and particle pollution and ranked the city 8th for annual particle pollution in the country, highlighting the need for Pittsburgh to transition off of dirty fuels towards 100 percent clean and renewable energy.