Washington, DC -- Today, Politico reported that the Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General will establish a “factual record” regarding Scott Pruitt’s meeting with the National Mining Association, investigating whether he violated anti-lobbying laws.
Today, Goleta, California became the 51st city in the country to commit to transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy.
On Tuesday evening, the Buncombe County Commission voted to commit to transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy for all municipal operations by 2030 and countywide by 2042.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Interior Secretary Zinke finally released full recommendations for the future of the country’s national monuments. The recommendations follow a sham review by Secretary Zinke and call for reductions to Gold Butte and Cascade-Siskiyou National Monuments, while recommending a rollback of protections for six of other monuments, opening them to destructive resource extraction.
Northern California, Southern Oregon-- Today, Secretary of the Interior Zinke released recommendations to drastically cut the boundaries of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.The Cascade-Siskiyou Monument is home to a vast diversity of wildlife and plant species. The decision comes after the Department of the Interior received more than 2.8 million public comments-- of which 98% of people urged for their current and future protection. The recommendation adds to the single biggest attack on public lands and wildlife in America’s history.
Las Vegas, NV-- Today, Sec. of the Interior Zinke unveiled his appalling National Monuments recommendation for Gold Butte National Monument. His calls for a shrinking of Gold Butte National Monument-- leaving the land vulnerable for more development-- changes that will damage this unique and irreplaceable landscape.
Today, the American Petroleum Institute (API) is touting its new, voluntary program for its members to cut methane emissions from oil and gas facilities. Meanwhile, API is a driving force behind the Trump administration’s push to roll back common sense regulations that would limit methane pollution and other danger emissions from new oil and gas facilities and those on public lands.
Washington, DC- The House has voted to go to conference on the disastrous tax scheme advanced by Senate Republicans. Meanwhile, the Senate’s decision to include opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling in this bill has caused backlash by some Republicans in the House. In their haste to pass any sort of legislation this session, Senate Republican Leadership made a series of promises to Senators like Flake and Collins that they may very well break. The rushed process also resulted in serious tax policy errors that are only now being discovered, including, bizarrely, scrambling their core goal of slashing corporate taxes.
Trump is creating severe uncertainty for our communities-- risking jobs and economic revenue.
Trump has completely disrespected Native American history and culture.