San Juan, Puerto Rico, -- On February 8th, the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (Junta de Calidad Ambiental de Puerto Rico) approved a request from the Army Corps of Engineers to incinerate organic debris created by Hurricane Maria. Environmental advocates on the island are speaking out in opposition to the polluting plan from the Army Corps of Engineers to incinerate hurricane debris.
Summit County, CO – On Tuesday, February 13, 2018, the Summit County Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a resolution committing the unincorporated Summit County community to shift away from fossil fuels and to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable electricity by 2035.
One of the largest polluters in the region will stop burning coal from May through September (ozone season) by 2023 with some limited exceptions for emergencies, and year-round by 2028.
Washington, DC -- On Sunday, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt was exposed for flying first class on the taxpayers’ dime -- even spending more than $1,600 on a flight from Washington, DC to New York -- after he had been caught flying private, just like disgraced former HHS Secretary Tom Price.
In a statement released late last week, Governor Jay Inslee backed off his previous support of the proposed Kalama methanol project, noting the importance of “a rigorous environmental review process.”
A coalition of clean water advocates filed a suit contending the United States Army Corps of Engineers improperly issued a crucial permit for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline
A large and diverse coalition of South Carolina community groups and voters rallied today at the South Carolina State House to urge elected leaders to support legislation to advance a just transition to clean energy and protect consumers from dirty, costly energy projects.
Concord, N.H.--United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt visited New Hampshire today without a public notice. Instead, a note describing the visit in an article in the Washington Post on Monday served as notification.
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a proposal to gut a key safeguard that would limit methane pollution from oil and gas drilling operations. This is the first major air rule proposal to come out of the Trump administration.