Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court sided with polluting states and industry groups by pausing implementation of EPA’s strategy to address harmful air pollution that crosses state lines, called the Good Neighbor Plan.
BOSTON, MA. -- In a 38-2 vote, the Massachusetts Senate passed a strong climate bill Tuesday to help the state reach its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. The bill, S.2829, aims to bolster Massachusetts’ clean energy transition through a series of reforms to the state’s energy system like requiring gas companies to submit reports to the Department of Public Utilities with decommissioning proposals and timelines for remedying leak-prone areas, plus changing the definition of gas company to allow networked geothermal.&nb
HARTFORD, CT. – The Department of Administrative Services (DAS) released a Decarbonization Study exploring possible replacements for the Capitol Area System, a three-decade-old energy plant with a history of polluting Hartford’s air. The report follows years of advocacy by local environmental and climate justice groups to replace the facility with a 100 percent clean, renewable energy alternative.
On Friday, a group of Senate Republicans and Independents Manchin and Sinema introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution attempting to overturn a rule, released this spring by the White House Council on Environmental Quality, which would guide federal decision making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
TVA announced it would seek $250 million in grant funding through the Department of Energy’s of Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program for the proposed line, marking a huge potential step forward for grid reliability, utility price stability and the future of clean energy.
Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that CP2 LNG is on the agenda for its June meeting, in the midst of robust and ongoing frontline and national opposition to the gas export project. Evidence shows that expanded gas exports would be harmful to local communities, significantly contribute to dangerous climate change, and raise domestic energy prices nationwide.
BOSTON, MA. --On Thursday, an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the Massachusetts Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 2830, the Plastics Reduction Act. In a 38-2 vote, Senators agreed to pass the bill guaranteed to protect the environment by limiting the usage of wasteful single-use plastics.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, EPA announced a proposal to close loopholes in nearly 20 Clean Air Act regulations that allow industrial polluters – such as fossil fuel power plants, incinerators, chemical plants, and other industrial facilities – around the country to dump deadly air pollution with impunity into surrounding communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the United States Forest Service announced a draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on a plan to protect the country’s remaining old-growth trees.
The proposed amendment to all national forest plans would be a significant advance towards fulfilling Executive Order 14072, which President Biden issued in March 2022, committing the United States to “identify, inventory, and protect” mature and old-growth forests on federal lands.