Rio Grande LNG, a fracked gas export terminal proposed for construction in South Texas, requested an extension from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the facility to come online in 2028. Rio Grande LNG was initially expecting to be operational by 2026.
Today, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA) passed out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee with a 15-5 vote. This historic bipartisan bill would invest nearly $1.4 billion for states, territories, and Tribes to amplify their work in recovering, conserving, and protecting at-risk wildlife and habitat.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Moments ago, in a bipartisan effort, the Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Justice Jackson, the first Black woman to be nominated to the High Court, had previously been confirmed by the U.S. Senate with bipartisan support three times. She will bring a range of experience to the Supreme Court, including having been a public defender, serving on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and serving as a judge for the majority of the past 10 years.
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Karen Bass for Mayor of Los Angeles. Karen Bass currently serves as a U.S. Representative from California's 37th congressional district and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.
El Panel Intergubernamental sobre Cambio Climático emitió su Sexto Informe de Evaluación del Grupo de Trabajo 3 sobre métodos de mitigación climática y cómo limitar el ascenso de las temperaturas globales a 1,5 grados centÃgrados.
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a Trump-era rule that undermines a vital mechanism states and Tribes use to protect their clean water under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
Today, Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Chairman Gerry Connolly (VA-11) convened with labor leaders and climate advocates for a press conference to deliver over 150,000 petitions to the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors and over 280,000 emails to Congress urging the USPS reconsider their current plan and update their nationwide fleet with electric, union-built vehicles.
HELENA — Yesterday, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' panel ruled Trump's Office of Surface Mining (OSM) wrongly approved an expansion of Signal Peak's Bull Mountain Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, Montana. OSM largely ignored the fact that the proposed 175 million ton expansion would release 240 million tons of greenhouse gas pollution over 11 years. In a 2-1 decision, Judges Christen and Rawlinson ruled OSM "hid the ball" about the climate and environmental impacts of expanding the mine. Judge Ryan D. Nelson, a Trump appointee, dissented.
On Tuesday April 26, the Outdoor Rx Coalition will host a press conference and webinar on the movement in New York to help veterans heal from service-related trauma on public lands. The event marks the official launch of the Outdoor Rx Coalition, a partnership of nonprofits, Veterans Service Organizations, universities, and others focused on facilitating access to the outdoors and nature therapy for veterans, active duty servicemembers, and military families. As of 2021, more than 714,000 veterans resided in New York State.
Dozens of organizations in the Tennessee Valley came together today to launch the Clean Up TVA Coalition, demanding immediate action from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to cut carbon emissions and transition to a fossil-fuel-free and just energy future by 2030.