WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands will hold a hearing on the Outdoors for All Act, sponsored by Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-California) on Thursday, February 27, 2020, beginning at 10 a.m. The important bipartisan bill would help communities around the country construct and improve parks and other outdoor recreational spaces, particularly in underserved communities that lack access to outdoor recreation areas.
In a monumental victory for both public advocacy groups and local farmers, a California court today ruled that a Kern County oil and gas ordinance paid for and drafted by the oil industry violated the state’s foundational environmental law.
LANSING, MI– Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced an executive directive to create the Michigan Office of Future Mobility (which will be housed within the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity) and an executive order creating the Michigan Council for Future Mobility and Electrification.
The Council for Future Mobility, led by a chief mobility officer who has yet to be nominated, will make recommendations on policy and will be focused around but not limited to:
A first-ever climate jobs and justice platform for Oakland County was unveiled Monday night with the support of the Sierra Club in partnership with Clean Water Action, Michigan League of Conservation Voters, Michigan Coalition of Human Rights, Michigan Interfaith Power and Light, Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice and over 100 members of the community.
RICHMOND, VA - The Birchwood and Chesterfield coal-fired plants are the latest coal plants to announce retirement among the hundreds to retire in the last decade. These coal plants are simply no longer viable in today’s energy market, and represent an outdated form of energy generation that fuels the climate crisis.
HELENA, MT -- Today, the Helena City Commission unanimously passed a resolution establishing a community-wide goal of 100% clean, renewable electricity by 2030. Helena joins Missoula as the second city in Montana to set this goal.
Stakeholders and leaders from across the country to join advocates at rally opposing the Trump Administration’s plans to gut bedrock environmental and civil rights law
JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, has announced an updated energy policy that rules out financing for new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The policy also rules out financing for new thermal coal mines and coal-fired power projects worldwide, though the bank failed to put any restrictions on other oil and gas, including fracking and controversial tar sands projects.
Williams confirmed today that they are cancelling the 125-mile fracked gas Constitution Pipeline