climate-change

April 16, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Interior Secretary Haaland today issued two executive orders prioritizing action on climate change and revoking Trump administration policies promoting fossil fuel development over the health of communities and the outdoors.

April 14, 2021

WASHINGTON—More than 200 climate, Native American, religious, business and conservation organizations today called on the Biden administration to do a comprehensive environmental review to align federal fossil fuel programs with U.S. climate goals to curb global warming.

April 12, 2021

Voters want the federal government to play an active role in reducing Wall Street’s impact on the climate and preventing climate-fueled economic crises
 
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, a new set of polling released by Data for Progress shows that US voters overwhelmingly support the federal government taking strong action to curb the climate impact of Wall Street in order

April 7, 2021

New York, NY -- Today, JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) CEO Jamie Dimon released his influential annual letter to shareholders.

March 23, 2021

Even amidst the global economic downturn, fossil fuel financing numbers were higher in 2020 than 2016

*** Read report here: http://www.bankingonclimatechaos.org/ ***

March 18, 2021

Pontiac, Michigan -- Today, a coalition of environmental, conservation and community groups known collectively as the Oakland County Climate Campaign (also known by the slogan ‘turn Oakland County green’) applauded Oakland County Executive David Coulter and the Oakland County Commission for taking the first step toward fighting climate change by pledging to hire a chief sustainability officer, committing to develop a community-wide sustainability plan and a plan to conduct an energy audit of its own facilities and operations.

March 11, 2021

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— Community and environmental groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Kern County’s adoption of an ordinance that would fast-track permitting for oil and gas projects and eliminate future environmental reviews and public participation.

February 26, 2021

Today, the US House of Representatives passed the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act in a xx-xx vote— a package of conservation bills that will collectively protect 2.7 million acres of wild lands, waters, green space and recreation areas across the country. Read the bills included in the package and support from organizations here. The bill now heads to the Senate.

February 5, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. - House tax leaders have introduced the GREEN Act.

27 de enero de 2021

El Presidente Biden emitió una serie de órdenes sobre justicia ambiental.

January 20, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Biden is signing a series of executive orders and actions that immediately launch a sweeping rebuke of the Trump administration and begin the process of tackling the climate crisis. In addition to bringing the United States back into the international community by re-joining the Paris Agreement and rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline, a slew of other strong executive actions spanning the whole of government includes:

14 de enero de 2021

Hoy se emitió un informe basado en resultados de la NASA, NOAA, la Oficina Meteorológica del Reino Unido y Berkeley Earth que muestra que las temperaturas de 2020 igualaron las del año más cálido de la historia, el año del super El Niño de 2016.