WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee took up the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act 2021.
This bill represents an opportunity to provide an initial down payment on the Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan.
VICTOR, Idaho— The Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund and Sierra Club today petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore federal protection under the Endangered Species Act to gray wolves, after Idaho and Montana passed legislation aimed at drastically reducing wolf populations in those states.
Democrats in the Pennsylvania State Senate introduced a package of bills designed to address the harms of the fracking industry
Un nuevo reporte emitido hoy reveló preocupantes niveles de los compuestos tóxicos PFAS (per- y polyfluoralkyl) en productos fertilizantes domésticos ampliamente usados en Estados Unidos.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new report released today found concerning levels of toxic PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) found in home garden fertilizer products widely sold throughout the United States. The report, based on testing conducted by the Sierra Club and the Ecology Center, found PFAS chemicals in nine fertilizers made from sewage sludge -- commonly called “biosolids” in ingredient lists -- and maps more than 30 companies selling sludge-based fertilizers and composts for home use across the US. Eight of the nine products exceed the screening guideline for PFOS or PFOA set in Maine, the state with the strictest safeguards for PFAS levels in sludge spread on agricultural lands.
Las Vegas, NV-- Today, the Nevada Assembly passed AJR3, a resolution in support of protecting 30% of the lands and waters in Nevada by 2030 as a necessary step to protect natural systems and mitigate the climate and extinction crises. The resolution also calls for the establishment of the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and the permanent protection of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge from the threat of military expansion.
El Presidente Biden hizo hoy una contraoferta a los congresistas republicanos, dando un paso atrás en su plan de infraestructura y en la crucial financiación necesaria para emprender un cambio transformativo que fomente aire y agua más limpios, mejores salarios, más equidad y un clima más estable.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, President Biden made a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers, taking a step backward on his original infrastructure plan and on critical funding needed to undertake transformational change that would foster cleaner air and water, higher wages, greater equity, healthier communities, and a more stable climate.
On May 19, the Lower Merion Township Board of Commissioners passed a resolution establishing a goal of 100 percent clean, renewable energy.
El Presidente Biden emitió hoy una orden ejecutiva de amplio impacto para confrontar los riesgos a la economía nacional relacionados con la crisis climática, incluyendo pasos para empezar a mitigar los daños causados por la financiación de los combustibles fósiles y otros sectores de altas emisiones de carbono.