March 13, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is giving his 200th #TimetoWakeUp speech on the urgency of tackling the climate crisis in the United States Senate.
Press Releases
March 12, 2018
Washington, DC -- Today, the Washington Post reported that Donald Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, choosing to replace him with Koch Brothers backed CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
March 12, 2018
Today Ryan Zinke’s Department of the Interior is wrapping up oil and gas leasing on public lands near the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. Though the administration walked back the initial leasing proposal, which also included areas near Yellowstone National Park, today’s leases remain a threat to protected public lands and big game herds in an area prized for its elk.
March 12, 2018
U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam of the Northern District of California found that Scott Pruitt had illegally delayed the Environmental Protection Agency’s designation process for stronger clean air protections against smog pollution.
March 12, 2018
Today, Ohio Governor John Kasich announced a new partner for a proposed ethane cracker plant in Belmont County. Ethane crackers are known to release toxic air pollution including cancer-causing benzene and other pollutants. Building out petrochemical plants would also drive an increase in fracking, and the increased air and water pollution that comes with it.
March 12, 2018
TDEC taking over surface coal mine permitting would not only be bad for the environment, but operating this permitting program could cost Tennessee taxpayers more than $2 million dollars every year.
March 11, 2018
Trump and anti-immigrant, anti-environment not welcome in California.
March 9, 2018
Wyoming puts forward horrifying hunting plan for the Yellowstone grizzly.
March 9, 2018
MGE called on local, state, and federal governments to create policies that encourage the implementation of more electric and low-emissions vehicles. Three days prior, on Monday March 5th, high winds kicked up toxic coal dust from the Oak Creek and Elm Road power plants in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, into the surrounding neighborhoods, coating nearby homes, vehicles, playgrounds and residents’ lungs.
March 9, 2018
NEW YORK CITY—Governor Cuomo with former Vice President Al Gore repudiated the Trump administration's plans to open waters off of New York’s coast for offshore drilling and announced that New York would request an exclusion from the federal government’s oil and gas leasing program. The Governor also recommitted to phasing coal out of the state by 2020 and building 2.4GW of offshore wind by 2025, supporting his goal of sourcing 50 percent of the state’s electricity from renewable energy by 2030. Additionally, he advocated for increased investments in the Environmental Protection Fund and other programs related to necessary land, air and water protections.