Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the Trump administration is going to new lengths to hide the severity and urgency of the climate crisis from the American public. The U.S. Geological Survey will begin to limit how far into the future it projects the impact of climate change in its reports. Additionally, the next National Climate Assessment (NCA), an interagency report that examines the impact of climate change, will no longer include worst-case scenario projections. At the same time Trump is gutting the NCA’s data, he is creating a new panel staffed by extreme climate deniers in attempts to undermine it entirely.
Upper Marlboro, MD -- A Maryland Circuit Court ruled in favor of local community members,environmentalists, and state regulators on a power plant owner’s efforts to block safeguards protecting clean water at the Chalk Point power plant in Prince George’s County.
Clean Water Act permits issued to three Maryland coal plants in 2018 incorporated new federal limits on several toxic pollutants including:
OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal court today issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from constructing the president’s border wall using funds illegally transferred from military accounts, including pension and pay funds, under counterdrug authorities. Construction using the illicit funds was scheduled to begin as early as tomorrow, May 25th.
Mañana, Sábado, 25 de mayo, a las 8:30 am, la Red Fronteriza de Derechos Humanos (BNHR) y familias de la frontera protestarán contra el trato inhumano y cruel de esta administración que ya ha causado la muerte de cinco niños inocentes de Guatemala desde diciembre.
Organizations across Maryland are criticizing Governor Hogan for his veto of House Bill 1281, a bill that passed the General Assembly in April and would provide funding for the Maryland Bikeways program and ensure the new Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan has a timeline for implementation. These organizations, which include the Sierra Club, Bike Maryland, Bikemore, Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, Get Maryland Moving, and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, support the funding and planning the bill would ensure for a multimodal transportation system around the state.
Rockville, MD -- A Maryland Circuit Court ruled in favor of local community members and environmentalists on a power plant owner’s efforts to block safeguards protecting clean water in the state at the Chalk Point power plant in Prince George’s County.
Today, Maryland became the second state to ban expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam food containers, as Gov. Larry Hogan announced that he would allow to become law a bill that prohibits restaurants, grocery stores, and other food providers from using foam food containers
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- At noon on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, the Sierra Club will hold a rally opposing OG&E’s proposed rate hike. OG&E is requesting to force ratepayers to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for excessively costly work on OG&E’s Sooner coal-burning power plant. The rally will take place prior to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's (OCC) hearing on the rate increase, the afternoon of Tuesday, May 28, and there will be space for media.
Virginians rallied at bank branches across the state yesterday to call on major banks to pull their support for the fossil fuel industry.