Conservation groups filed an amended complaint today to sue the US Environmental Protection Agency for failing to ensure that Illinois’ Clean Air Act state implementation plan includes measures to prohibit conflicts of interest on state boards and agency leadership overseeing regulatory matters on air pollution. The groups sued EPA this fall for failing to ensure the same protective measures are in place in Mississippi and Alabama.
Washington, DC -- Today, in a press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Donald Trump repeated his unsubstantiated claim that the Paris Climate Agreement was “very unfair” to the United States, and said, "It treated the United States very unfairly and frankly it's an agreement that I had no problem with but I had an agreement with what they signed.” He added
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Supreme Court will hear opening arguments in the Husted v. APRI case, which is seeking to illegally purge Ohio voting rolls. This case stands to set a nationwide precedent for illegal voter roll purging and voter suppression.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to divest the city’s $189 billion pension fund from fossil fuels within the next five years, making New York City the first major US pension plan to do so.
Washington, DC -- This evening, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that less than one week after unveiling his draft plan for offshore drilling, he is removing Florida’s waters from the plan. Zinke’s plan has been universally condemned by coastal communities and politicians on both sides of the aisle.
In response, Sierra Club Florida Director Frank Jackalone released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge John Michael Vazquez ruled that the 1982 consent decree limiting the Republican National Committee’s ability to challenge voters inside polling locations has been terminated as of Dec. 1, 2017. The decree was originally enacted due to the RNC attempting to suppress African American voters.
Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced that they will continue to push through a decision on Enbridge’s controversial Line 3 tar sands pipeline, in spite of recent developments that require additional analysis.
Late yesterday, a coalition of environmental groups took legal action in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to halt start of construction of the fracked-gas Mountain Valley Pipeline.
The House Natural Resources Committee today will hold a hearing on Rep. John Curtis’ H.R. 4532 “Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act.” The bill would not only codify President Trump’s illegal cuts to Bears Ears National Monument but also delegate management of the monument to local officials and tribal representatives hand-picked by the Utah delegation, foregoing input from Tribal governments. Management plans laid out in the bill exclude three of the five tribes that advocated for Bears Ears protection.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) terminated its consideration of Rick Perry’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) that would have bailed out uneconomic coal and nuclear plants in Ohio that cannot compete against cleaner, cheaper energy sources like solar, wind, and energy efficiency.