February 27, 2018
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality granted a crucial air quality permit to the builders of the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline, allowing them to build a compressor station in Northampton County.
Press Releases
February 27, 2018
This morning, community organizations joined together to announce their delivery of over 2000 letters and petitions from Ameren customers calling for a bold plan for 100% clean renewable energy. This delivery came on the eve of the comment deadline to the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding Ameren’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), a plan submitted every three years outlining the utility's energy goals for generating and distributing energy for the next 20 years. Many community organizations on hand were critical of Ameren’s draft plan as it demonstrates the company’s continued dependence on harmful coal-fired energy for years to come.
February 27, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, it was announced that the Environmental Protection Agency is closing the National Center for Environmental Research (NCER). The program provides millions of dollars in grants each year, and through fellowships, studies the effects of chemicals on children’s health.
February 26, 2018
An Interior Department advisory panel is considering making it even cheaper and easier for oil and gas companies to lease public waters for offshore drilling.
February 26, 2018
More than 35 Vectren customers rallied in front of Vectren’s Evansville headquarters sending a message that “there's #NoFrackingWay we will pay to commit our community to fossil fuels for the next 40 to 50 years.”
February 26, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Supreme Court of the United States announced this morning that it would push a decision on DACA back to the lower courts. In the meantime, DACA recipients can continue to apply to renew their status.
February 23, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Scott Pruitt will speak at the annual CPAC conference today before an audience of self-proclaimed “fiscal conservatives.” His appearance will come despite the fact that Pruitt’s excuses for spending more than $100,000 in taxpayer funds on his own luxury flights have fallen apart amid mounting criticism from Republicans, Democrats, and aviation and security experts as well as data which undermines him. Politico reported last week that the “security threat” Pruitt’s staff pointed to as justification for the gratuitous waste of tax dollars was someone once shouting that he is “f---ing up the environment.”
February 23, 2018
A coalition asked the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to order Mountain Valley Pipeline to stay out of West Virginia streams until a decision is made on their appeal from last week. The groups made the request today because MVP is ineligible to use the streamlined stream crossing permit offered to it by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
February 22, 2018
Last night, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) suspension of a key safeguard that would limit methane pollution from oil and gas drilling operations on public lands.
February 22, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, reports broke that Matthew Masterson, the chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission -- which helps to protect U.S. election systems from possible cyber attacks -- is being pushed out from his position by House Speaker Paul Ryan and White House officials.