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Next week, the House will pass the Build Back Better Act, which will provide historic levels of investment to communities across the country dealing with the interlocking crises of climate change; public health; economic inequity; and racial, gender, and environmental injustice.
Moderates Are Expected to Keep Their Word
Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, Greenpeace USA, League of Conservation Voters, Blue-Green Alliance, Center for American Progress, Center for Biological Diversity, Elders Climate Action, Friends of the Earth, and 350.org call for Rivian to meet the moment for climate action and labor justice
Boston, MA — Voters in a statewide ballot in Maine last week rejected a proposed transmission line that would cut through Maine forests and prop up expensive, unjust, and ecologically destructive Canadian megadams to supply Massachusetts with electricity. The $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project, proposed by Avangrid, would be paid for by Massachusetts electricity ratepayers.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - Today, more than 100 governments, fleet owners and vehicle manufacturers pledged to only sell zero-emission vehicles by 2040 globally, and by 2035 in leading markets. The target aims to ensure that one out of every three car sales will be zero emission by 2040 globally (and by 2035 in leading markets).
This afternoon, the County Council of Pinellas unanimously passed a resolution committing the county to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy for the entire community by 2050 and for county operations by 2040. Pinellas became the first county in Florida to make this commitment.
Date: Wed., Nov 10, 2021
Time: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM GMT +00:00, United Kingdom Time.
Place: COP26 Coalition, 209 Bath St, Glasgow
GLASGOW -- The disastrous Tata Mundra coal-fired power project in India has devastated the region of Gujarat since its construction in 2011. A press conference tomorrow at COP26 will highlight the community-led struggle and the ongoing legal effort to hold corporate interests accountable.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Moms Clean Air Force, and League of Conservation Voters launched Pollutamotor.com, a website and accompanying digital ads asserting that Toyota, which still doesn’t sell any battery-electric cars in the U.S. and is committed to manufacturing outdated hybrids and gas-powered vehicles, risks being stranded by the electric vehicle transition.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Last night, Congress moved closer to fully realizing President Biden’s historic climate agenda, as the House held a procedural vote to advance the Build Back Better Act and five moderate Democrat holdouts committed to voting for the bill, without cutting any of its investments, no later than the week of Nov. 15.
WASHINGTON, DC -- House leadership announced a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill today that would separate it from voting on the Build Back Better Act, a bill with unprecedented levels of investment in climate action, clean energy jobs, and environmental justice.
Atlanta, GA -- Southern Company, the nation’s third largest utility, has announced plans to close most of its coal burning units at Plant Scherer, Plant Bowen, and Plant Wansley in Georgia, in addition to its coal units at Plant Gaston and Plant Barry in Alabama. The utility announced during its quarterly earnings report on Thursday that the closures will occur by 2028.
David Rogers, Southeast Deputy Regional Director for the Beyond Coal Campaign, released the following statement: