The Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) unveiled a list of legislative and administrative priorities for the Biden-Harris White House focused on connecting children, youth and families with the outdoors and calling on the administration to build a legacy of outdoors for all. So far, nearly a dozen environmental groups, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, including Sierra Club, REI, and the YMCA of the USA, have endorsed the document and its four topline recommendations.
“Necesitamos cambio. Un gran número de plantas energéticas de carbón y gas no pudieron operar durante este tiempo extremo. Y mientras que algunas fuentes renovables también quedaron fuera de servicio, la energía limpia resultó ser más fiable que los combustibles fósiles durante esta crisis.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- The Oklahoma State Legislature reconvened on Monday, February 1, amidst the COVID pandemic, an ever-worsening climate crisis, and national conversations about racial and environmental justice.
El Senado republicano impidió hoy que la Cámara Alta llegara a la mayoría de dos tercios requerida para condenar a Donald Trump por incitar a la insurrección con intención de derrocar los resultados de las elecciones.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Senate Republicans prevented the body from reaching the two-thirds majority vote required to convict Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection with the intent to overthrow the results of the election. Despite irrefutable evidence and a majority of Americans saying they support convicting Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection which cost at least 5 lives, injured hundreds more, and endangered the lives of countless members of Congress and former Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Republicans put their own political interests before those of their country.
San Francisco, Calif.-- Today, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), under the leadership of Governor Gavin Newsom, voted on two major decisions that set the state back on its journey to 100% clean, renewable energy. First, in planning how the state will achieve its clean air and climate goals, the Commission approved a decision that maintains a greenhouse gas emissions target that a broad group of stakeholders agree is insufficient to meet our climate goals. Commissioners voiced interest in adopting a lower greenhouse gas target at a later date, but stopped short of committing to a lower target in this decision.
El secretario del Interior en funciones, Scott de la Vega, rescindió una orden que eliminó efectivamente el programa de Asociación del Legado de Recreo en la Naturaleza (ORLP).
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Earlier today, the Sierra Club submitted its comments on Xcel’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). While Xcel’s IRP includes some actions that are vital to reaching 100% carbon free electricity by 2040 or sooner, it also contains proposals that would make it impossible for them to achieve that goal. Most critically, Xcel has refused to reconsider its ill-advised proposal to build a new 800 MW combined cycle methane gas plant in 2027 (“Sherco CC”).
The U.S. Senate is gearing up for a confirmation hearing on President Biden’s pick for Interior Secretary, Rep. Deb Haaland. The Department of the Interior manages the country’s national parks and approximately 450 million acres of public lands, oversees wildlife and other conservation efforts, and upholds Federal trust responsibilities to Indigenous communities. Haaland would be the first Indigenous Interior Secretary. Her professional and lived experience and her clear-eyed view of the choices facing our public lands should win her confirmation.
Washington, DC -- Today, Bank of America announced a new commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its financing activities, operations and supply chain before 2050, and released an updated environmental policy.