Washington, DC - Yesterday, Donald Trump continued to spread lies about the booming clean energy industry and wind power. In his speech, Trump claimed that he’s studied wind power “better than anybody,” yet he’s spread numerous lies about the energy source, including that it causes cancer.
ST. PAUL AND DULUTH, MINNESOTA -- Today, the Minnesota Court of Appeals overturned the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC’s) approval of the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC), a fracked gas power plant proposal in Superior, Wisconsin that would be jointly owned by Minnesota Power. The Court’s decision requires the Minnesota PUC to assess the impact of pollution it would create over its forty year lifespan, including greenhouse gas pollution, air and water pollution and other impacts.
Washington, DC-- Today, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included several important provisions to that address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution. The new bill requires the military to stop using PFAS in firefighting by 2024, funds research into the extent of PFAS water contamination, and will study PFAS exposures among military firefighters, among other provisions.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), along with Representatives Steven Horsford (D-Nev.-04), Dina Titus (D-Nev.-01), Mark Amodei (R-Nev.-02) and Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03) today announced the Desert National Wildlife Refuge and Nevada Test and Training Range Withdrawal and Management Act. The legislation protects 1.3 million acres of Wilderness and makes progress toward embeddingTribal considerations into land management. However, the legislation does allow for limited military expansion to address national safety and security needs.
Today, Governor Jay Inslee directed the Washington State Department of Ecology to adopt new rules that would apply the most current climate science to environmental assessments and ensure that the full climate impact of proposed fossil fuel projects is taken into account.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House of Representatives passed Donald Trump’s NAFTA 2.0.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act. The bill will make permanent a ban on new uranium mining on about 1 million acres of public land adjacent to, and hydrologically and ecologically connected to, the Grand Canyon.
Duluth, MN -- Indigenous and environmental advocates opposed to Line 3 attended a public hearing today on the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) updated environmental impact statement for the controversial tar sands pipeline.
The Sierra Club sued the Trump Administration today under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for documents related to the potential development of a new biological opinion under the federal Endangered Species Act.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) instituted a disastrous new rule today that will essentially exclude new renewable energy projects from the PJM capacity market and force ComEd customers to subsidize dirty coal and gas plants, unless Illinois acts in 2020 to prevent the rule from taking effect here. Energy experts predict the decision will cost the Midwest, Appalachia, and Mid-Atlantic regions almost $6 billion annually and increase dangerous fossil fuel emissions.