WASHINGTON, DC– Today, President Trump introduced a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure plan that would exempt thousands of infrastructure projects from or otherwise weaken critical environmental laws including the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Clean Air Act, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and more than a dozen other protections.
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, the Trump Administration released its 2019 budget proposal, and it includes deep cuts to virtually every program in government that protects Americans from environmental threats. The cuts come in the wake of a $1.5 Trillion tax cut giveaway to the richest people and corporations in the country. This funding in this budget would dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Interior.
(Oklahoma City) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a public hearing tomorrow on a federal proposal put forth in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) regarding the handling of coal ash pollution in Oklahoma. For decades, companies have dumped coal ash and waste that is left over from coal-burning power plants into ponds and landfills. These coal ash ponds and landfills often lack liners to prevent contaminants from leaking out, and also are often sited near waterways.
Boston, MA -The Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change released an omnibus energy bill today titled An Act to Promote a Clean Energy Future. The bill includes numerous provisions to advance clean energy, and also help communities deal with the effects of climate change. The bipartisan Committee voted unanimously in favor of the bill.
Today, the Minnesota Department of Commerce provided revisions to its final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) ruled in December that the FEIS was inadequate, though they sidestepped a number of concerns that have been raised by Minnesotans and several state agencies including numerous calculation errors and a failure to adequately explore alternatives to this pipeline expansion or any no-build scenario.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump released a plan to roll back environmental protections and privatize public works projects under the guise of an “infrastructure” proposal. Previous Washington Post reporting on the White House proposal exposed Trump’s aggressive efforts to gut environmental protections in an effort to make it easier for corporations to build dangerous pipelines and other environmentally destructive projects.
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Washington, DC -- On Sunday, the Washington Post reported that, even after he was discovered and publicly admonished for taking private plane travel, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has repeatedly flown first class at the taxpayers’ expense. The more than $70,000 in private travel includes:
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) filed a letter revealing that on January 22, there was a leak from two tanks at the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility.
Montana makes right choice on grizzly hunt.