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Environmental Justice Leader Reverend Mariama White-Hammond Appointed as Chief of Environment, Energy and Open Space

Boston, MA -- Today, Mayor Kim Janey announced Reverend Mariama White-Hammond will be Boston’s new Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space. An environmental justice advocate for years, Rev.…

Lamont Administration Continues Permitting More Dirty Power, Publicly Touts Clean Energy

Middletown, CT -- Environment, clean energy and community activists submitted comments on Friday to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) in opposition to its…

Governor Lamont’s Climate Commission Fails To Address New Fossil Fuel Power Plants

Hartford, C.T.--Governor Lamont’s Council on Climate Change released their final Phase 1 report on how the state can meet its climate goals of 45% carbon reductions by 2030.   The report fails…

Massachusetts Climate Bill a Important Step Forward

Boston, MA -- Almost a full year after the Massachusetts Senate passed their climate bill (S.2500) and more than five months after the proposed rewrite passed the House (H.4912), both chambers have…

Gov Wolf Does the Right Thing Vetoing HB2025

Harrisburgh, P.A. - Governor Wolf vetoed House Bill 2025 today, which would have removed the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) legal authority to regulate carbon dioxide pollution from…

Draft RGGI Rule Approved by Environmental Quality Board

Harrisburgh, P.A. - The Environmental Quality Board (EQB) approved the proposed draft of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) rule today, the nation’s first regional program that sets a…

Senate Passes Bill to Block Any DEP Action on Climate-Disrupting Pollution

Harrisburgh, P.A. - The Pennsylvania Senate approved House Bill 2025 today, which would remove the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) legal authority to regulate climate-disrupting carbon…

Pennsylvania Must Address Gaping Loopholes Allowing Coal Plants to Poison Air

Philadelphia, PA — The Third Circuit Federal Court of Appeals rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of a weak air pollution rule today that would allow coal-fired power plants in…

Sierra Club on House Climate Bill: A Step in the Right Direction, but Work Remains

Boston, M.A.-- The Massachusetts House voted on H.4912, a proposed rewrite of a Senate bill passed in January. The bill would create carbon emissions targets for 2030 and 2040, requiring the state to…

Sierra Club and CLF File Appeal Against EPA’s Backwards Water Permit

WASHINGTON DC.--Today the Sierra Club and Conservation Law Foundation filed an appeal of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) water pollution permit for the Merrimack Station coal-fired…