Today, Earthjustice, CleanAirNow KC, the Sierra Club, and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California challenging the US Postal Service’s decision to replace the vast majority of its delivery fleet with polluting and fuel-guzzling combustion mail trucks.
This week, the New York State Division of Veterans’ Services, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and others officially launched the Outdoor Rx Coalition, a first-in-the-nation partnership for improving veterans health through nature-based therapies on public lands and waters. The new partnership will examine barriers preventing New York veterans from accessing public lands and waters to heal from service-related trauma, boost the availability of effective outdoor programs, and facilitate communication between State agencies and the many organizations serving veterans.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for Nancy Abudu to be a judge for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which encompasses Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. If confirmed, Ms. Abudu would be the first Black woman and only the third Black judge in the 11th Circuit’s history.
Today, Xcel Energy filed a new proposal for its electric resource plan that will have the 750 megawatt, coal-fired Comanche 3 unit close no later than January 1, 2031. The Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) signed on to this new proposal as part of a settlement agreement, which the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is expected to consider in May. According to this proposal, the precise date on which Comanche 3 will close will be set in 2024 as part of a Just Transition proceeding at the PUC.
The Power in Nature coalition, a statewide coalition of conservation advocates, equity groups, Tribally-led organizations, scientists, and land trusts, expressed their support and appreciation today for CNRA’s 30x30 goals to protect biodiversity, advance climate action, and expand equitable access. California has eight years to protect six million acres of land and half a million acres of coastal waters, a formidable goal that will require serious investments in conservation, a strong accountability structure, and long-term funding to build the capacity of Tribes, land trusts, and community-based organizations who are at the forefront of protecting California’s nature.
Al igual que no se puede negociar con pirómanos cuánto puede arder un edificio, es imposible negociar con un partido de negacionistas climáticos. Por décadas, la abrumadora mayoría de los republicanos del Congreso han dejado más que claro su opinión sobre el cambio climático: No hay nada que hacer, incluso si existiera.
Just as there’s no negotiating with arsonists on how much of a building they can burn, there’s no negotiating with a party of climate deniers on climate action. For decades, the overwhelming majority of Republicans in Washington, DC have made their views on climate change abundantly clear: It’s much ado about nothing, if it even exists.
This morning, shareholders at Citi, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo voted 12.8%, 11%, and 11%, respectively, in support of groundbreaking resolutions pushing the banks to end their support for new fossil fuel development. Any resolution that receives at least 5 percent of the vote is eligible to be refiled next year, and anything that receives 10 percent or more is considered difficult for a company to ignore.
Global coal plant capacity under development declined in 2021, according to Global Energy Monitor’s eighth annual survey of the coal plant pipeline. The report finds that after rising in 2020 for the first time since 2015, total coal power capacity under development declined 13% last year, from 525 gigawatts (GW) to 457 GW, a record low. 34 countries have new coal plants under consideration, down from 41 countries in January 2021. China, South Korea, and Japan notably pledged to stop funding new coal plants in other countries, but China continued to lead all countries in domestic development of new coal plants, commissioning more coal capacity than the rest of the world combined.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) released a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the retirement and replacement of the 2,470 megawatts Cumberland coal-fired power plant located northwest of Nashville. Cumberland is one of the nation’s largest and most polluting coal plants, releasing over 8 million tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.