This morning, Sierra Club released a report detailing how the two gas-fired power plants that Xcel Energy operates in Denver – Arapahoe and Cherokee – contribute to environmental injustice in the metro region. Both plants are located in low-income communities of color with higher-than-average health burdens, and they’re adding to the already disproportionately high amount of other industrial sources of pollution in those communities.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it won’t revisit a Trump administration rule on emissions standards for new airplanes, which doesn’t actually reduce greenhouse gas pollution.
Today, EPA Administrator Michael Regan kicked off a week-long tour through Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas to meet with marginalized communities and discuss environmental justice issues facing the region. During the tour, Gulf communities threatened by oil and gas exports, joined by environmental advocates, are calling on the EPA to protect frontline communities by stepping in and doing everything in its power to stop the expansion of fossil fuel exports.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law, which includes $11.3 billion in new Abandoned Mine Land (AML) funding. These investments will put thousands of people to work repairing land and waterways damaged by mining, treating polluted waters, sealing and filling abandoned mine entries, and developing erosion prevention measures to protect against dangerous land and mudslides.
Congress Must Pass Build Back Better Act to Bolster Clean Transportation Investments & Deliver on Climate
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Biden will sign the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, known as the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which will include billions in funding for public transit, passenger rail, electric vehicle charging, electric school buses, and cleaning up dirty ports, important priorities for decarbonizing the nation’s most polluting sector.
Tras dos semanas de intensas negociaciones, la cumbre climática de las Naciones Unidas (COP26) finalizó en Glasgow durante el fin de semana. La reunión se celebró tras una serie de tormentas e inundaciones sin precedentes en Glasgow, un recordatorio de que la crisis climática afecta a todos los rincones del planeta.
New York — Today 25 environmental and environmental justice groups filed a response pushing back against a petition by the Independent Power Producers of New York (IPPNY) that seeks to classify fossil gas-fired power plants and hydrogen combustion as zero emissions power sources under the state’s Clean Energy Standard.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND -- After two weeks of often intense negotiations, the annual United Nations climate summit (COP26) wrapped up in Glasgow today. The summit took place in the wake of record-breaking storms and flooding in Glasgow, a reminder that the climate crisis is affecting every corner of our planet. It also occurred amid the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, which led to limited and inequitable participation.
Richmond, CA — Today, the Richmond City Council reached a monumental settlement with the Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation to phase out the storage of coal and petcoke in the city by the end of 2026. The settlement closes the chapter on a legal fight between the City of Richmond and three fossil fuel companies after Richmond passed an ordinance phasing out the handling of coal and petcoke in the city over three years. Environmental groups represented by Earthjustice quickly intervened in the lawsuit to defend the ordinance alongside the City of Richmond.
St. Louis, MO - Today elected leaders from the St. Louis region joined environmental organizations in calling for an extension of Spire’s certificate to operate its pipeline throughout the winter season along with robust consumer protections.