En una decisión positiva, largamente esperada para mejorar la calidad del aire, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) finalizó decisiones que decenas de áreas en las que viven millones de estadounidenses han fracasado en su intento de lograr los Estándares Nacionales de Calidad del Aire de 2008 y 2015.
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Baton Rouge, LA – Last Friday, Sierra Club petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject the air permit approved by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for the proposed Magnolia gas plant in Iberville Parish.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a positive, long awaited step toward clean air for all, the EPA finalized determinations that dozens of areas home to millions of people across the United States have failed to achieve the 2008 and 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) under the Clean Air Act for ground-level ozone, also known as smog.
Today, the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on the Public Lands and Waters Climate Leadership Act. This bill was introduced last week by Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and other members of the Committee.
Puerto Rico - Yesterday, Hurricane Fiona made landfall on the island of Puerto Rico and in no time left all Puerto Ricans without power. Today, Sierra Club organizers on the ground are assessing the damage in communities across the island while being themselves without power or drinkable water.
Puerto Rico - Yesterday, Hurricane Fiona made landfall on the island of Puerto Rico and in no time left all Puerto Ricans without power. Today, Sierra Club organizers on the ground are assessing the damage in communities across the island while being themselves without power or drinkable water.
El Huracán Fiona impactó ayer en la isla de Puerto Rico y en poco tiempo dejó a todos los residentes sin electricidad.
La administración Biden anunció un significativo paso adelante en sus esfuerzos por reducir las emisiones industriales de carbono y contaminación.
Washington, DC – The Department of the Interior has announced that it will reinstate leases for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
NEW YORK – NRG-owned Astoria Gas Turbine Power and Beacon Wind filed a joint petition with the New York State Public Service Commission yesterday seeking approval of a sale transferring ownership of the land under the existing gas-powered peaker plant to Beacon Wind for electrical interconnection to their 1,230 MW wind project.