WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court received a tie vote along party lines in the Senate Judiciary Committee and is expected to advance to the Senate floor for a final vote later this week. Judge Jackson, the first Black woman to be nominated to the High Court, endured racist and outlandish attacks from many Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee during her hearing last month and her nomination will be discharged from the committee after a tie vote between Democrats and Republicans -- yet another unprecedented and unwarranted move by Senate Republicans. No other Supreme Court nominee in modern times has needed a discharge petition to be advanced out of Committee.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report 6 Working Group 3 (WG III) released its new report on climate mitigation methods and how to limit global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, covering everything from mitigation pathways to carbon pollution removal, with chapters dedicated to technology and innovation for the first time in IPCC history. Critically, the report also details why mitigation is both economically feasible and necessary.
Today, Public Citizen and the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments joined Sierra Club and others and announced their intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failure to appropriately classify Bexar County and San Antonio as a moderate ozone nonattainment area, thereby requiring reductions in harmful nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds under the the Clean Air Act.
Washington, DC — Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Mountain Valley Pipeline’s rehearing request on the court’s decision invalidating the biological opinion and incidental take statement issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act. The court originally found that the agency failed to adequately analyze the project's environmental context when assessing the detrimental impacts to the Roanoke logperch and the candy darter, a species on the brink of extinction.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) finalized stronger fuel economy standards that will improve the gas mileage of vehicles and slash climate emissions and air pollution.
El Presidente Biden anunció hoy esfuerzos para abordar la subida de los precios de los combustibles y escasez de la cadena de distribución tras la invasión rusa de Ucrania.
Today, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to approve WEC Energy Group’s proposal for a new fossil gas plant in Rothschild and Kronenwetter. The RICE (reciprocating internal combustion engines) proposal came after WEC’s announcement that they would move away from coal by 2035. The utility has refused to meaningfully consider alternatives such as distributed generation, demand response, storage and energy efficiency. This refusal to consider viable alternatives conflicts with Governor Evers’ climate commitments, particularly his Task Force on Climate Change’s recommendation that the state avoid all new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Washington, DC – Today, President Biden announced efforts to address spiking gas prices and supply chain shortages that have spiked following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In response, Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz released the following statement:
LÃderes polÃticos, comunitarios y ambientales se reunieron en un panel virtual para discutir la enorme oportunidad y responsabilidad que la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) tiene este año para reforzar sus regulaciones contra la contaminación de vehÃculos pesados.
VIRTUAL – Today, elected officials, community activists, and environmental and transportation advocates gathered for a virtual panel to discuss the massive opportunity and responsibility the Environmental Protection Agency has this year to strengthen its proposed regulation to clean up pollution from heavy-duty vehicles.