WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, the Biden administration announced an unenforceable target for reducing emissions from airplanes 20 percent by 2030 by using biofuels, which are neither carbon neutral nor sustainable.
The announcement includes welcome efforts to spur leadership, research and development, and innovation in the aviation sector. However, it misses the mark on what is needed for real emissions reductions. This is an area of the transportation sector where pollution is increasing but the federal government has failed to act for years.
WASHINGTON D.C.-- The House has passed an historic “minibus” of seven appropriations bills for funding the U.S. government next year, encompassing a wide range of domestic policy areas with major implications for the environment and communities nationwide.
El Administrador de la Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental, Michael Regan, anunció que reconsiderará formalmente uno de los peores debilitamientos de los estándares de toxicidad del agua de la era de Trump.
Washington, DC -- Today, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution that would reinstate the Environmental Protection Agency's 2016 methane pollution safeguards for the oil and gas industry. The Senate passed a similar resolution in April.
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency will host the first of three listening sessions to engage the public as they begin to craft new rules to tackle methane and associated pollution from new and existing oil and gas operations.
Washington, DC -- Today, EPA Administrator Michael Regan will announce the first major climate pollution rule under President Biden: an 85% reduction in hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 2036. HFCs are typically used as residential and commercial refrigerants but these superpollutant greenhouse gases are hundreds to thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide. Phasing out HFCs is expected to avert 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) of global warming by the end of the century.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a broad coalition of 95 environmental organizations and local community groups called on the Biden Administration to fix a glaring environmental justice problem by closing the Startup, Shutdown, Malfunction (SSM) loopholes. The groups sent a letter and filed a legal petition to urge EPA to prioritize closing the loopholes. The SSM loopholes allow polluting facilities like coal plants and oil refineries to release unlimited amounts of dangerous air pollution during routine events, without facing legal consequences under the Clean Air Act. This toxic pollution causes severe health consequences in fenceline and nearby communities and has historically had a disproportionate impact on low-income communities and communities of color that live near polluting facilities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate has confirmed Michael Regan to serve as President Biden’s Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
In response, Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement:
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency must take a series of steps to protect public health and the environment from the toxic fluorinated “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from being incinerated or dumped in landfills, wrote more than 30 environmental and public health organizations in comments submitted to the agency this week.
La Comisión Senatorial sobre Medio Ambiente y Obras Públicas ha avanzado la nominación de Michael Regan para servir en la administración del Presidente Biden como administrador de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) tras una sólida votación bipartidista.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Environment and Public Works committee has advanced the nomination of Michael Regan to serve as President Biden’s Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency with a strong bipartisan vote of confidence in his leadership.
In Response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
La Corte Federal de Apelaciones del Distrito de Columbia invalidó la regla conocida como “Energía Limpia Asequible” y la envió de nuevo a la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA).