BURNEY, Calif. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler (both D-Calif.) announced they will introduce legislation to establish a new Sáttítla National Monument in the national forests of northeast California. Padilla and Butler were also joined by Rep. Adam Schiff in a letter calling on the Biden Administration to use the Antiquities Act to permanently protect these lands.
Detroit, Michigan - A groundbreaking settlement was reached today following a civil rights complaint filed against the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) regarding the department’s disproportionate licensing of hazardous waste facilities in predominantly Black and Brown, lower-income communities, and its approval of a significant expansion of the U.S. Ecology North hazardous waste facility.
WASHINGTON, DC – The recent announcement by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to allocate $800 million under the Low Carbon Transportation Materials Program is a significant step forward in our nation’s efforts to ‘buy clean.’ This funding, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, will go to state, local, tribal governments to make use of low carbon construction materials in transportation pro
Beginning September, the Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) is launching its Every Kid Outdoors Month of Action. From September 3 to October 5, OAK members are organizing a range of events and actions to spread awareness and advocate for the Every Kid Outdoors program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Department of the Interior announced it will retain protections for 28 million acres of public lands within the Bristol Bay, Bering Sea Western Interior, East Alaska, Kobuk Seward, and the Ring of Fire regions of Alaska.
WASHINGTON, DC – CHIPS Communities United, a coalition of unions and community groups, raised concerns today about toxic “forever chemicals” in wastewater from semiconductor plants. Newly analyzed data from GlobalFoundries in Vermont revealed measurable levels of 17 different PFAS in wastewater. It is likely that other microchip factories release similar concentrations, but Vermont is the only state (we know of) that requires companies to report on PFAS in effluent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to build electric vehicle chargers across the country.
During a board meeting on Aug. 23, the utility announced its second rate increase this year, adding another 5.25% in increased electricity costs to consumer bills, in part to subsidize unproven small modular nuclear reactor technology that the utility is banking on rather than increasing investment in renewable energy and necessary transmission infrastructure.
Elba, AL – Two of the nation’s leading environmental leaders, Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Director of the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University, and Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous will participate in a “Journey to Justice” tour on Tuesday August 27 in Elba, Alabama’s Black Shiloh community. Shiloh has been plagued with flooding. Residents believe the flooding is caused by a federally funded highway expansion project. Elba is Dr. Bullard’s hometown.
Butler, PA – Cleveland-Cliffs and the Department of Energy Industrial Demonstrations Program (IDP), recently announced that the company’s Butler Works facility – the only American manufacturer of grain-oriented electrical steel, which is a critical material for the clean energy transition – has