Burning gas, oil, and propane in furnaces and water heaters generates a staggering 23% of Connecticut’s nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution, more than eight times as much as the state’s power plants, according to a report released today from Save the Sound, Conservation Law Foundation, Sierra Club Connecticut, and RMI.
Thirty six climate and environmental justice organizations sent a letter urging Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to oppose H.R.1130 – Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2023. This bill would strip away the federal government’s responsibility to examine the full impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on consumer energy prices, national security, the environment, and local communities.
The White House announced today the creation of the American Climate Corps, which will offer young people the training and services needed for careers in the clean energy and climate resilience fields.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Biden-Harris Administration launched the American Climate Corps, prioritizing environmental justice projects that meet the Administration’s Justice40 Initiative goals.
Este día en el 2017, a las 6:15 am, el Huracán María de categoría 4 entra por Yabucoa y arrasa a Puerto Rico dejando el 100% del archipiélago a oscuras. A 6 años después, la tragedia causada por el Huracán María y los problemas que quedaron al descubierto perduran en la actualidad. [English Below]
oday, more than 185 organizations delivered a letter to Congress urging legislators to remove language - Section 219 - in the FY24 House appropriations bill that fast-tracks the construction of a new federal prison in Letcher County, Kentucky, costing taxpayers more than $505 million dollars. Section 219 would also allow the prison to bypass the federal environmental review process and make the prison and its operations nearly immune from judicial oversight.
La Crosse, WI – Last week, Dairyland Power shared that they had applied for the USDA’s Empowering Rural America program, or New ERA, aimed at aiding rural electric co-ops such as Dairyland in accelerating their transition to clean energy.
Agency fails to provide detailed guidance for robust implementation of climate commitments
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is traveling to New York City on Tuesday for a series of events with the United Nations General Assembly during Climate Week. The events include a 2:45 p.m. roundtable with leaders of a range of financial institutions that “have committed to significant climate-related actions.”
Today, thousands of people will join the biggest climate mobilization since the pandemic to urge President Biden and other leaders to stop fossil fuel expansion and extraction.