June 15, 2018
Indigenous and environmental groups and concerned citizens are gathering in Washington, DC today to protest the Trump Administration’s proposal to conduct oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Press Releases
June 15, 2018
The New York Times and Washington Post are out with blockbuster new reports this morning exposing even more corruption scandals from the Scott Pruitt swamp, detailing many new incidents of Pruitt abusing the power of his position for personal gain. No wonder Trump is saying he’s “not happy.”
June 14, 2018
The Massachusetts Senate today voted to approve “An Act to Promote a Clean Energy Future”, which includes numerous provisions to help Massachusetts residents, businesses and governments reduce the use of fossil fuels.
June 14, 2018
In a victory for New Mexico's air, climate, and water, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico today rejected a 2015 oil and gas lease sale covering 19,788 acres of oil and gas leases on the Santa Fe National Forest. The Bureau of Land Management failed to quantify the full life cycle of emissions from oil and gas, including their indirect and cumulative effects on people and the environment.
June 14, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to advance the nomination of Patrick Wyrick to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
June 13, 2018
Today, the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and District of Maryland handed down separate decisions holding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt accountable for reducing dangerous smog pollution that travels across state lines and impedes downwind states’ ability to meet health-based national air quality standards.
June 13, 2018
Given all of today’s new Scott Pruitt scandals (recapped below) it’s more important than ever that the White House and Sarah Huckabee Sanders answer the following questions:
June 13, 2018
Today, Consumers Energy CEO Patti Poppe announced the retirement by 2023 of the company’s Karn coal-burning power plant, which emits nearly 3 million tons of carbon pollution per year. Consumers is slated to submit its Integrated Resource Plan, which will include the Karn retirement, to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) at the end of the week. According to Consumers’ press release issued today, that IRP will propose adding 5,000 MWs of solar in the 2020s, along with increased wind, battery storage, and efficiency.
June 12, 2018
Salt Lake City, UT - Today, the Bureau of Land Management sold off over 15,000 acres of public land in Utah and Idaho to dirty fuels interests. Included in the sale were two parcels totaling over 3,000 acres within ten miles of Capitol Reef National Park, which sold for the minimum bid of $2 an acre.
June 11, 2018
San Juan, Puerto Rico, -- Sierra Club de Puerto Rico issued a letter correcting some misleading statements made by new PREPA CEO Mr. Walter M. Higgins on the cost of clean energy.