January 12, 2017
According to E&E News, those working for and supporting Oklahoma Attorney General and Trump nominee to be EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, have opened a new political operation while shuttering his leadership PAC and Super PAC.
Press Releases
January 12, 2017
Today, an environmental coalition including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, the Ecology Center, Electric Auto Association, Environmental Law and Policy Center, Fresh Energy, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, Ceres, the Greenlining Institute, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Conservation Law Foundation submitted recommendations to Volkswagen (VW) on how to most effectively spend a portion of national settlement funds to increase green transportation: the “ZEV Investment Plan.”
June 29, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, it was reported that Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, will lead a “formal initiative” to undermine and call into question the overwhelming scientific consensus that man is driving the climate crisis, funding a program to bring in “alternative” voices who deny the climate crisis on the heels of Pruitt’s
June 29, 2017
Raleigh, NC -- Today, all the fracked gas purchasing agreements justifying the the Atlantic Coast Pipeline were set to expire because the Environmental Impact Statement for the pipeline was not completed before June 30, 2017. Instead, North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) granted an extension to Duke Energy for the contracts, responding to an emergency request without review by the NCUC or the public.
June 28, 2017
Utah -- Yesterday, the Public Service Commission approved an $10M Electric Vehicle (EV) incentive and time-of-use pilot program, as a part of Rocky Mountain Power's Application to Implement Programs Authorized by the state’s Sustainable Transportation and Energy Plan Act.
June 28, 2017
Washington, DC -- Today, the Department of Interior announced that it will move on Monday to take the first step towards re-doing its five-year offshore drilling plan, with the goal of expanding drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf and to include parts of the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Arctic.
The current plan was finalized by the Obama administration just seven months ago, after a multi-year process during which millions of Americans weighed in.
June 28, 2017
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump gave a speech that was intended to cap off what he his White House has dubbed “Energy Week,” though the majority of the week has been spent on health care and the president’s sexist Twitter attacks.
June 28, 2017
EDMONDS, WA. - The Edmonds City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution establishing a community-wide goal of transitioning to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2025.
Edmonds represents the first city or town in Washington state to commit to 100 percent renewable energy and the 37th city in the United States to make such a commitment.
June 27, 2017
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has rejected PennEast Pipeline’s application for water permits. This is a major setback as DEP has informed PennEast that they do not have enough information to evaluate land use permits and their application is deficient. On April 26th, DEP gave PennEast 30 days to address the outstanding issues or they would reject the application as incomplete.
June 27, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for Jeffrey Bossert Clark, an attorney with the law firm that represented BP during the litigation following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, to be assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD). If confirmed, Clark would lead DOJ's enforcement of environmental laws and regulations.