Harrisburg, PA -- Today, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced a slew of criminal charges against Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Mariner East II pipeline and other controversial projects including Dakota Access.
Un gran derrame petrolero ha vertido al menos 126.000 galones de crudo en las aguas costeras y humedales del condado. Se cree que el derrame proviene de la ruptura de un oleoducto conectado con una plataforma petrolera a unas cinco millas de la costa.
A major oil spill off the Orange County coast has reportedly spilled at least 126,000 gallons of oil into coastal waters and local wetlands.
Fracasó hoy un intento de someter a votación la iniciativa de infraestructura del Senado en la Cámara Baja, abriendo paso de nuevo a la agenda para Reconstruir Mejor (“Build Back Better”) del Presidente Biden, incluyendo históricas inversiones climáticas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A premature attempt to vote on the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure legislation in the House of Representatives did not happen, putting back on track President Biden’s bold Build Back Better agenda, including historic climate investments.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the executives of several auto manufacturers, including Toyota, Honda and others, sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi opposing Representative Dan Kildee’s popular amendment, supported by environmental groups, labor unions, and major automakers, to expand the federal electric vehicle tax credit.
The group has also launched a digital ad campaign opposing the proposed tax credit.
Washington, D.C. — The EPA has announced the withdrawal of guidance from the Trump Administration that allowed states to create loopholes that permit industrial facilities, such as coal plants and oil refineries, to release unlimited amounts of dangerous air pollution during startup, showdown, and malfunction (SSM) events without facing legal consequences under the Clean Air Act. The announcement reinstates EPA’s 2015 policy prohibiting those loopholes and requiring 36 states to correct those illegal provisions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Sen. Joe Manchin (WV) told reporters he supported including gas plants in the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) that is part of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act. Sierra Club opposes government investment in polluting gas plants, which would undermine the climate and public health benefits of the program while saddling consumers with higher energy costs.
Coincidiendo con la votación sobre un proyecto de ley bipartidista de infraestructura en la Cámara Baja, el Sierra Club urgió hoy a los representantes demócratas a que voten “no” para lograr un eventual “sí” en legislación climática.
MIDWEST (MI, MN, IL, WI, IN)- Today, the governors of Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana released a joint commitment to medium- and heavy-duty truck electrification through the creation of a Regional Electric Vehicle (REV) Midwest Coalition Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).