Press Releases

November 18, 2021

This morning, local community and faith leaders joined together outside U.S. Representative Kurt Schrader’s Oregon City office to urge that he keep his commitment to vote “yes” on the Build Back Better Act. The U.S. House is expected to hold a vote within the next few days.

November 18, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen coordination between their two agencies in order to increase access to national parks and improve options to get there in a pollution-free ride, including the electrification of public transit fleets, electric vehicle charging stations, and shared bikes and scooters.

November 18, 2021

Boston — Today, Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg announced new draft rules that would allow the state pension fund to vote against directors at companies that are not aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement. The fund controls $95.7 billion invested across over 11,000 public companies.

November 17, 2021

This morning, Dr. Saule Omarova will face the Senate Banking Committee for a hearing on her nomination to be Comptroller of the Currency.

17 de noviembre de 2021

Cientos de activistas y otros ciudadanos se manifestaron hoy frente a la Casa Blanca por quinta vez en una poderosa demostración para instar al Presidente Biden y el Senado a actuar de inmediato para proteger nuestra democracia y restaurar los derechos del votante.

November 17, 2021

Newly adopted rules will speed transition to electric & cleaner trucks, buses, and vans; inspire other states soon to follow

SALEM, Ore. — School buses, package delivery vans, waste haulers, and semi-trucks gliding along roadways and through neighborhoods -- fueled by renewable electricity-- with no clattering diesel engines or clouds of harmful exhaust. This future is more in focus than ever for Oregon, with adoption of new rules today.

November 17, 2021

With a congressional vote expected in the coming days, local community and faith leaders will join together on Thursday, November 18 at 10:00am outside of the office of U.S. Representative Kurt Schrader to urge passage of the Build Back Better Act. Schrader and several colleagues issued a joint statement promising support for the legislation no later than this week. Yet the 5th District congressman has wavered in his commitment in recent days, leading constituents to formally call on Schrader to “keep your word to help Oregon build back better.”

November 17, 2021

DETROIT, MI - Today, President Biden will visit a General Motors EV factory in Michigan to discuss the opportunity for electric vehicle manufacturing investments to reduce climate emissions in the transportation sector and improve air quality in communities, as well as the significance of supporting unionized workers as we shift to a clean energy economy.  

November 16, 2021

WASHINGTON D.C. -- In front of the White House today, hundreds of activists and concerned Americans are joining together for the fifth time in a powerful demonstration to call on President Biden and the Senate to take immediate action to protect our democracy and restore voting rights.

November 16, 2021

Today, as the Biden Administration offers more than 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, Gulf and environmental groups vow to continue their legal challenge to stop this commitment to decades of greenhouse gas emissions.