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.
Washington D.C. – Yesterday, on the first day of the Washington D.C. Auto Show, auto accountability experts from health, faith and environmental advocacy groups held a press conference in front of the Convention Center calling on automakers to produce more, clean electric vehicles. Advocates condemned car companies like Toyota for prioritizing profit over our collective health and safety.
La marca de prendas menstruales Thinx acordĂł una demanda colectiva de hasta $5 millones que acusĂł que sus productos contienen los venenosos compuestos PFAS, Per- y Poly-Fluoroalquilos.
ARIZONA – Today a Maricopa County Superior Court ruling dealt a significant blow to Salt River Project's (SRP) proposed expansion of the gas-fired Coolidge Generating Station by affirming the decision of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to deny a certificate of environmental compatibility, a permit that considers the environmental impacts of the Pinal County plant.
El Secretario de Agricultura, Tom Vlisack anunciĂł los prĂłximos pasos de su departamento en la implementaciĂłn de la Estrategia Nacional de Crisis de Incendios.
OAKLAND -- On Wednesday, the menstrual underwear brand Thinx settled an up to $5 million class action lawsuit that claimed its products contain PFAS chemicals, or Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances. PFAS are synthetic chemicals widely used in consumer products like raincoats, food containers, and furniture, because they make paper and fabrics stain and water-resistant. These “forever chemicals” are under intense scrutiny because they build up in people’s bodies, never break down in the environment, and are associated with a variety of health problems including cancer, immune system, and reproductive system harms. The issue was first uncovered by Sierra magazine Ms. Green author Jessian Choy in January 2020, who published an investigation about contamination in Thinx brand menstrual underwear after mailing a sample to Dr. Graham Peaslee, a nuclear scientist and Notre Dame professor, for analysis.
PHOENIX – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Department’s next steps in implementing the national
Brazoria County, Texas— Environmental and community groups sued