WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Biden administration reinstated the so-called 'roadless rule' to fully restore environmental protections to Tongass National Forest in Alaska. The move once again safeguards the remaining areas of southeast Alaska’s unroaded forests from destructive logging and road-building, extends new protections for the forest, and dedicates $25 million in federal spending to local sustainable development in Alaska.
TEXAS -- Today, in a victory for communities around the country and a positive step toward clean water for all, EPA announced utilities in several states, including Luminant’s Martin Lake coal-fired power plant near Tatum, Texas, can no longer dump toxic coal ash waste into unlined ponds, denying utilities’ requests to continue the harmful and irresponsible practice.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in a victory for communities around the country and a positive step toward clean water for all, EPA announced utilities in several states can no longer dump toxic coal ash waste into unlined ponds, proposing to deny utilities’ requests to continue the harmful and irresponsible practice.
Resolutions call on top banks, insurance companies to make significant progress on climate goals
El Presidente Biden renominó hoy a Laura Daniel-Davis como la principal subsecretaria asistente de gestión de terrenos y minerales del Departamento del Interior.
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved the Appalachian Power Company’s (APCo) 2022 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) as reasonable for purposes of planning.
Data indicates major failings by financial institutions to help meet global commitments on net zero
WASHINGTON– Today, President Biden re-nominated Laura Daniel-Davis as the U.S. Department of the Interior’s principal deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals management. The nomination now heads to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for consideration.
San Antonio, TX – Today, the CPS Energy Board of Trustees approved a plan to retire the utility’s last remaining coal plant – the Spruce coal plant – by 2028. The announcement follows decades of community outcry about the plant, which advocates criticize for its contribution to global warming, air pollution, water pollution, and cost to CPS Energy ratepayers.
On the eve of Lunar New Year on January 21, 2023, a mass shooting occurred in Monterey Park, Calif. that killed eleven people and injured another nine in a ballroom dance studio. This mass violence adds to the compounded trauma that our Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) community has experienced with years of being scapegoated for the pandemic with hate crimes and violence.