WASHINGTON, DC - In a statement to Reuters, a DHS spokesman revealed that the Trump Administration is refusing to waive the Jones Act, a shipping restriction, in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Last month the DHS waived this restriction for the areas impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma to assist in recovery by providing increased access to resources such as gasoline. Their decision to withhold these same provision from the victims of Hurricane Maria has been met with pushback from several members of Congress, including Rep. Keith Ellison, and Sen. John McCain.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks will hold a hearing today focused on encouraging the next generation to visit national parks.
Washington, DC -- EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appears to be seeking to one-up Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price as he comes under fire for racking up hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars on private plane use.
Today, Prairie Rivers Network, Springfield Branch of the NAACP and the Sangamon Valley Group of the Sierra Club announced a joint filing of a complaint with the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) against City Water, Light and Power’s (CWLP) Dallman Coal Plant for over 600 cases of self-reported groundwater violations since 2010. These include violations for arsenic, lead, boron, chromium, manganese, iron and other pollutants.
Last week, Citigroup and JPMorgan announced their commitments to power all their operations with renewable energy by 2020. However, both banks continue to invest in dirty fossil fuel pipelines and other projects that contribute to climate change and threaten human rights.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the Sierra Club filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a challenge to Florida Southeast Connection’s (FSC) request for fast-track authorization to extend the fracked gas Sabal Trail Pipeline, in what is called the Okeechobee lateral project. The project would supply a massive new gas-burning power plant that FSC’s affiliate, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), wants to put into service in 2019.
Longview, Washington – The Washington Department of Ecology denied a necessary water quality permit for the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminals coal export facility in Longview today, citing the project’s negative impacts on climate, clean air and water. Absent a successful legal challenge to the decision, the denial renders the project formally dead. The decision can be found here: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/fed-permit/pdf/201001225WQC15417.pdf
North Carolina could retire every coal plant in the state, never build another gas plant, and still reliably meet people’s energy needs through clean, renewable sources, according an analysis commissioned by the Sierra Club.
Ahead of this week’s potential vote on the Cassidy-Graham bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Alaska Wilderness League, the Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, Natural Resources Defense Council, Green Latinos, Green For All, Safe Climate Campaign, Earthjustice, Environmental Working Group, Endangered Species Coalition, Earthworks, Friends of the Earth, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Oil Change International, The Climate Reality Project, Clean Water Action, Climate Vote Hawks, and 350.org are again urging Congress not to repeal the ACA and to support Planned Parenthood in a letter sent today.