Un gran derrame petrolero ha vertido al menos 126.000 galones de crudo en las aguas costeras y humedales del condado. Se cree que el derrame proviene de la ruptura de un oleoducto conectado con una plataforma petrolera a unas cinco millas de la costa.
Fracasó hoy un intento de someter a votación la iniciativa de infraestructura del Senado en la Cámara Baja, abriendo paso de nuevo a la agenda para Reconstruir Mejor (“Build Back Better”) del Presidente Biden, incluyendo históricas inversiones climáticas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Sen. Joe Manchin (WV) told reporters he supported including gas plants in the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) that is part of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act. Sierra Club opposes government investment in polluting gas plants, which would undermine the climate and public health benefits of the program while saddling consumers with higher energy costs.
Right now Congress has a historic opportunity to reduce pollution, protect community health, and mitigate the climate crisis by passing the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP), which would drive a transition to 100% clean electricity by 2035 - and create nearly 8 million jobs in the process.
Mientras el Congreso considera la magnitud de las inversiones en el clima, empleos y justicia en la Ley para Reconstruir Mejor (“Build Back Better”), está claro que los votantes de Arizona, el estado nativo de la Senadora Kyrsten Sinema, quieren financiar por completo las prioridades climáticas y energéticas.
La sección climática de la ONU anunció hoy que pese a los compromisos anunciados hasta el momento por las 191 naciones del Acuerdo de París, el mundo va camino de un calentamiento catastrófico de más de 2,7 grados centígrados para finales de siglo.
El Presidente Biden y líderes de la Unión Europea se comprometieron hoy a reducir la contaminación de metano en un 30% para 2030, un paso positivo a corto plazo para combatir la crisis climática.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Democrats, under the leadership of Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal, are delivering a historic package of clean energy tax incentives through committee today. It makes clean investments across multiple sectors of the economy and builds momentum for these essential policies to be included in any final reconciliation bill. In contrast to these important investments, however, House Democrats failed to cut billions in domestic subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.
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Washington, D.C. - Today the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S House of Representatives began its mark-up of budget reconciliation language, which includes a Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP), a fee on methane polluters, funding for electric vehicles, environmental justice block grants, building electrification and energy efficiency. The committee is expected to send the bill to the full House in the coming days.
Sierra Magazine, la revista del Sierra Club, anunció su décimo quinta edición anual de las universidades más verdes de Norteamérica ("Cool Schools"). Este año Sierra recibió presentaciones de un récord de 328 instituciones de Estados Unidos y Canadá.
Washington, D.C. -- Today President Joe Biden nominated Willie Phillips to fill a vacant position on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the nation’s independent energy regulator. FERC will play a key role in helping transform our power system and lead the equitable transition away from fossil fuels and toward the clean electricity system needed to address climate change.
Phillips is currently Chairman of the District of Columbia Public Service Commission and former Assistant General Counsel for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today,