WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin issued a press release stating that he and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have struck a deal on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This legislation will reportedly include, among other sections, $369 billion in energy security and climate change programs over the next ten years.
Hoy, la administraciĂłn Biden anunciĂł su plan de ofrecer los beneficios de la econĂłmica y eficaz energĂa solar a todas las comunidades.
Today, the fossil fuel company NextDecade announced its deal to supply 1 million tons of fracked gas a year for 20 years from its proposed Rio Grande LNG export project and the associated Rio Bravo Pipeline in Brownsville, Texas to Exxon Mobil. Companies like NextDecade and Exxon Mobil push greenwashed marketing campaigns that promote fracked gas as a “clean fossil fuel” and minimize its environmental justice and climate impacts.
Annual shareholder engagement report shows fewer votes on environmental, social proposals this year
President Biden is demonstrating that while Joe Manchin and Senate Republicans don’t care about providing relief to American families burdened with high energy costs, he does. Today, Biden announced his plan to bring the economic and environmental benefits of clean and cost-efficient solar energy to all communities.
Boston, MA - Today, a coalition of 17 states, D.C., and Quebec – working through the Multi-State Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Task Force facilitated by the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) – released an action plan to curb pollution from trucks and buses. The action plan makes specific policy recommendations that these signatory states, jurisdictions, and utilities should adopt.
Today, the House National Resources Committee held a legislative markup of the Environmental Justice for All Act. The bill, introduced by Reps RaĂşl M. Grijalva and Donald McEachin is the most significant effort by the federal government to address generations of environmental racism.
GUNNISON, CO — Conservation groups sued Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’s administration today over its failure to ensure the West Elk coal mine in western Colorado complies with state and federal clean air laws.
La Unión Europea (UE) anunció hoy que reducirá su consumo de gas fósil en un 15% de aquà a la primavera de 2023 como respuesta a la decisión de Rusia de disminuir su abastecimiento de gas a Alemania.
EUROPE -- Today, the European Union announced it will decrease its bloc-wide methane gas, sometimes referred to as “natural gas,” consumption by 15 percent between now and Spring 2023 in response to Russia’s decision to decrease gas supply to Germany. Russian gas currently accounts for 40 percent of the EU’s supply. The agreement includes some narrow exceptions, including for small island nations and the Baltic States, which currently have limited energy alternatives, as well as countries that have lower consumption rates of gas.