JEFFERSON CITY, MO. -- On Wednesday, the Missouri Public Service Commission voted on Ameren Missouri’s proposed “Charge Ahead” electric vehicle (EV) program, a proposal designed to accelerate EV use among Missourians, meet a growing need for charging infrastructure, and reduce tailpipe emissions.
Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi named eight House Democrats to sit on the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, chaired by Representative Kathy Castor. The list includes Reps. Donald McEachin, Joe Neguse, Suzanne Bonamici, Julia Brownley, Mike Levin, Ben Ray Lujan, Jared Huffman, and Sean Casten.
San Diego, CA-- Moments ago, the Department of Homeland Security announced that the federal government will waive more than 30 laws to replace border wall and add secondary wall in southern California. The protections waived include, but are not limited to, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, among tens of others. The waivers apply to land ranging more than fourteen miles east from the Pacific Ocean.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representatives Deb Haaland (NM-01) and Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) reintroduced The ANTIQUITIES Act of 2019, which reiterates current law that presidents do not have the authority to rescind or diminish national monuments and codifies the 52 national monuments established or expanded since 1996 under the Antiquities Act. U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) introduced companion legislation in the Senate.
Today, a coalition of climate and clean water advocates are applauding the latest move to protect Maryland’s waters from dirty, dangerous fracked gas pipelines, the Maryland Pipeline and Water Protection Act (PAWPA)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced joint resolutions in the Senate and House, respectively, that unveiled a bold plan for a Green New Deal to tackle the climate crisis, create millions of good, high-wage jobs, secure clean air and water, and counteract systemic injustices. The Sierra Club endorsed these Green New Deal resolutions and is mobilizing its more than 3.5 million members and supporters to encourage broad congressional backing for the resolutions.
Today, officials with the Department of the Interior confirmed that destructive seismic testing will not take place in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this winter.
A recent Washington Post opinion piece connects dots between disgraced former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Andrew Wheeler’s intimidation tactics with the media.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, two hearings on the climate crisis were held in the U.S. House of representatives -- the first climate hearings of the new Congress. In fact, today’s events are the first climate hearing in the House Energy and Commerce Committee in six years and the first in the House Natural Resources Committee in eight years.
a coalition of climate and clean water advocates will hold a Telepresser to discuss new legislation designed to protect Maryland’s waters from dirty, dangerous fracked gas pipelines