WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, as part of a suite of “deregulatory actions” attacking health, clean air, and climate, the Trump administration announced its plan to reconsider the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Today three environmental groups notified Alliant Energy’s Iowa affiliate of their intent to sue for unpermitted discharges of polluted groundwater that is pumped out from under an Ottumwa coal ash landfill. The notice letter, which is required before filing suit under the Clean Water Act, allows 60 days for the discharger to come into compliance or for the state to begin enforcement action.
Washington, D.C. - In an internal memo, Lee Zeldin announced the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to shut down all offices responsible for addressing the disproportionat
Washington, DC – Today, House Republicans passed legislation that makes dangerous cuts to essential services the American people rely on, dismantles critical environmental protections, and sacrifices the health and safety of American families all to provide bigger handouts and kickbacks to corporate polluters.
MADISON, Wis. – Today, Fish for the Future kicks off its campaign to break the world record for largest display of origami fish as a collective effort to promote protecting our water and shutting down the Line 5 pipeline.
Responsible trade policy requires innovative investments in domestic manufacturing alongside tariffs
Houston, TX - At CERAWeek, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in an interview that the U.S. should restart retired coal-fired power plants.
Houston, TX - Today, NextEra CEO John Ketchum said that renewable energy was cheaper and more readily available than fossil fuels. In a response to U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright’s speech, where Wright diminished the importance of renewable energy and praised dirty fossil fuels, Ketchum said, “The cost of gas-fired generation has gone up more than threefold…Renewables are cheaper and available right now.”
Today, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a long-time former fracked gas company CEO, delivered remarks during the first day of CERAWeek. During his remarks, Secretary Wright announced an export permit extension of Delfin LNG, a proposed offshore methane gas export terminal, and doubled down on the administration’s opposition to wind power generation. In calling for deepening the country's development of and reliance on oil and gas, Wright inaccurately referred to climate change and rising CO2 emissions as a necessary “trade-off” to enable economic growth.