WASHINGTON, DC – The DC Council today passed legislation requiring that all new and substantially renovated DC government buildings meet net zero energy standards, meaning the buildings are highly energy efficient, maximize on-site renewable energy generation, and do not use fossil fuels. The legislation helps implement the Climate Commitment Act, which requires the DC government to be carbon neutral in its operations by 2040.
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released its final rule updating federal standards that will reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles. The rule released today targets NOx pollution from trucks and buses, a major threat to public health for millions of Americans and especially dangerous for marginalized communities across the nation that live next to major freight corridors.
La Comisión Selecta Bipartidista sobre el 6 de Enero de la Cámara Baja anunció que va a remitir al expresidente Trump, a su abogado John Eastman y otros conspiradores al Departamento de Justicia debido a sus protagonismos en la insurrección del 6 de enero de 2021.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after a year and a half of significant public pressure over the Postal Service’s unpopular and short-sighted decision to buy hundreds of thousands of gas-powered trucks and stick to a fleet of merely 10 percent electric vehicles, and then 40 percent, the agency announced a major reversal to clean up the whole of the delivery truck fleet.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the bipartisan House January 6 Select Committee announced that they will be referring former President Donald Trump, Trump Attorney John Eastman and other co-conspirators to the Department of Justice for their role in the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
Gobiernos de todo el mundo acordaron hoy adoptar el Marco Global sobre Biodiversidad Kunning-Montreal, como conclusión de la Conferencia sobre Biodiversidad de la ONU (COP15).
Seattle, WA - Today, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) announced their adoption of three regulations: the Advanced Clean Cars II Rule (ACC II), the Heavy-Duty Omnibus Low NOx Rule, and the Fleet Reporting Requirement. ACC II requires an increasing percentage of new zero-emission (includes battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell electric) light-duty passenger vehicles (ZEVs) be made available in Washington State, culminating in 100% new zero-emission sales by model year 2035 and beyond.
Montreal, Canada -- As negotiations on a new 10-year plan to reverse the accelerating loss of life on Earth wrap up at the 15th UN Conference of Parties (COP15), Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline continues to threaten biodiversity, health, and climate. Throughout COP15 in Montreal, water protectors and environmental advocates from the United States and Canada amplified the extraordinary threat Enbridge’s fossil fuel infrastructure poses to the Great Lakes and inherent Indigenous rights.
Four “Remember Kingston'' billboards have been set up on major highways surrounding Knoxville to honor the hundreds of workers who cleaned up the Kingston Coal Ash Spill along with a full-page ad in the Roane County News.
Montreal, Canada – Today, governments from around the world agreed to adopt the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, in conclusion of the United Nations’ Biodiversity Conference (COP15).