WASHINGTON, DC - Donald Trump has shut down the U.S. government in a failed effort to force taxpayers to fund his useless, divisive, dangerous and exorbitant border wall. This is a shutdown he said he would be “proud” to own. Trump’s government shutdown -- now expected to last at least into next week -- is putting thousands of people out of work and denying public servants their paychecks right before the holidays. Bloomberg News reports that the shutdown will require 420,000 federal employees to work without pay, and will mean that 380,000 workers are sent home. According to the National Parks Conservation Association, at least one-third of the nation’s 400 parks are closed. The NPCA also notes that in December, the National Park System sees nearly 500,000 visitors per day who spend around $18 million per day in nearby communities, on average.
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WASHINGTON, DC - Just one week after Donald Trump declared that “I am proud to shut down the government" in order to secure taxpayer funding for a racist, useless, and destructive border wall he has repeatedly claimed would be paid for by Mexico, Trump has vetoed legislation to fund the government and provoked a government shutdown.
Today, on the Friday before Christmas, the Department of Environmental Quality opened a comment period on specific documents newly submitted to the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board (Board) on the Buckingham County Compressor station.
Clean Energy Advocates Celebrate Approval of NV Energy’s Plans to Retire North Valmy Coal Unit Early
Today, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approved NV Energy’s 2019-2038 Triennial Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), and the decision was recognized as a significant step for the state’s future by four clean energy groups—the Sierra Club, the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, Western Resource Advocates, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The IRP approved by the Commission, also referred to as NV Energy’s Low Carbon Case, will add 1,001 MW of new solar photovoltaic projects and 100 MW of battery storage, allowing the utility to more than double its total renewable generation from 14 percent in 2017 to 32 percent by 2023. The approved plan also provides NV Energy with the authority to retire the aging North Valmy Unit 1 coal unit at the end of 2021 – four years ahead of schedule.
St. Paul, MN -- Today, the Minnesota Department of Commerce filed an appeal challenging the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) June approval of the permits for Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
Washington, DC-- Today, despite the Senate agreeing on a clean funding package, Donald Trump and GOP members of the House are confirming they will shut down the government if they do not receive billions of dollars for a border wall.
In response, Dan Millis, Grand Canyon Chapter Borderlands Program Manager released the following statement:
Washington, DC -- Today, the Department of the Interior released a draft environmental impact statement on its plan to hold a lease sale for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, moving one step closer to drilling in one of America’s last wild places.
SAINT PAUL, MN -- Today, opponents of the Line 3 tar sands pipeline filed multiple lawsuits with the Court of Appeals challenging the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approval of the project. On June 28, the PUC approved Enbridge’s proposal to build a new Line 3 pipeline, which would run through Northern Minnesota and double the amount of oil running through the pipeline.
the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board (Board) delayed a vote on a crucial permit for a fracked gas compressor station
Harrisburg, PA -- Yesterday Pennsylvania, along with a bipartisan group of governors from eight other states and the Mayor of Washington DC, announced a plan to design a regional policy to limit climate disrupting carbon pollution from the transportation sector. The states are members of the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI), which was formed in 2010 and recently completed a series of listening sessions across the region to hear directly from stakeholders and the public.