The National Park Service partially re-opened Yellowstone National Park today June 22 after catastrophic floods washed out roads and bridges last week, cutting off access to the park and forcing evacuations from the park and gateway communities in the area. A combination of snow melt and higher than normal rainfall caused the flood conditions, which were the largest in Yellowstone’s history. Such extreme weather conditions are being exacerbated by the effects of climate change.
Esta mañana, el Presidente Biden instó al Congreso a apoyar la suspensión del impuesto federal a los combustibles como intento de reducir el castigo que sufre el público en las gasolineras.
La administración Biden anunció el primer acuerdo de su tipo por el cual el gobierno federal y naciones tribales gestionarán conjuntamente el Monumento Nacional de Bears Ears.
This morning, President Biden called on Congress to support a suspension of the federal gas tax in an attempt to ease the pain Americans are facing at the pump. Gas has reached record high prices in recent months, as oil companies have limited production and used inflation and the war in Ukraine as cover to jack up prices and bring in record profits.
The Biden Administration announced a first-of-its kind agreement with Tribal Nations to co-manage Bears Ears National Monument. The Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, and the Pueblo of Zuni signed a cooperative agreement to strengthen the management and protection of the 1.36 million acre site. Established in 2016 by President Barack Obama, Bears Ears was one of the first national monuments established upon the request of Tribal Nations. In October 2021, President Joe Biden restored the boundaries of Bears Ears, which had been slashed 85% by his predecessor.
El Sierra Club y 28 socios presentaron personalmente más de 72.000 comentarios públicos, incluyendo más de 11.600 recolectados por el Sierra Club, urgiendo a la Agencia de Protección Ambiental a proteger la salud pública y abordar la peligrosa contaminación interestatal de ozono adoptando la versión más sólida del propuesto Plan de Buen Vecino (GNP) para los Estándares Nacionales de Calidad del Aire Ambiente (NAAQS) de 2015.
Washington, DC — Today, the Sierra Club and 28 partners personally delivered over 72,000 public comments, including 11,686 comments collected by the Sierra Club, urging the Environmental Protection Agency to protect public health and address dangerous interstate ozone pollution by adopting the strongest possible version of the agency’s proposed Good Neighbor Plan for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
Governor Polis signed House Bill 22-1348, the “Oversight of Chemicals Used in Oil and Gas Production”. This transformative policy improves transparency by requiring public disclosure of all chemicals used in downhole operations of oil and gas production - a first-in-the-nation achievement.
Thursday night, members of the public and concerned environmental organizations showed up to voice their opposition to a permit that would allow the DTE Monroe plant to pursue a minimum compliance strategy for its water-based cooling system.