Washington, D.C., -- Today, the White House announced a new appointment to the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) for Puerto Rico. His appointee, Justin M. Peterson, is a managing partner at DCI Group, where according to his public bio, he “has two decades of experience advising senior executives in the oil and natural gas industry, and in leading successful public affairs campaigns for that industry.
California Governor Gavin Newsom today announced new efforts in the state’s work to combat climate change and protect nature, focusing on the role of lands and waters as climate solutions. Through an Executive Order, Newsom makes California the first state to proactively advance work to protect 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, a vital component of international efforts to save half the planet by 2050.
Puget Sound Energy’s proposed sale of its ownership share of a Montana coal plant would likely increase climate pollution, raise monthly costs for PSE customers and handicap the utility’s ability to invest in clean energy in the coming years.
JPMorgan Chase has reportedly pledged to work toward net-zero financed emissions by 2050. Chase is by far the world’s biggest banker of fossil fuels, pouring more than $268 billion into the fossil fuel industry from 2016 to 2019.
Thursday morning, clean energy advocates, community members, and elected officials will deliver a signed Letter of Principles to Colorado’s largest utility, Xcel Energy, regarding their upcoming Electric Resource Plan that will determine which resources are used to generate electricity moving forward. The letter is signed by 4,000 Xcel electricity customers and Pueblo residents, as well as 70 elected officials from Xcel’s service territory.
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump ordered negotiations on a relief package to be cut off while demanding his nominee to the Supreme Court be the Senate’s lone priority.
A recent poll found that 74% of registered voters want the Senate to prioritize a COVID relief package over Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court.
VINELAND, NJ - The Sierra Club announced Tuesday that it has made an historic retraction of its endorsement of Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew in favor of Democratic Nominee for Congress Amy Kennedy.
Comunidades de todo el país aplauden una decisión de juez federal que requiere que la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) cumpla con la ley e investigue quejas de derechos civiles oportunamente.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- A coalition of five of the nation's leading environmental organizations announced the launch of Green Wave 2020 Friday. Green Wave 2020 is a joint project of Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, EDF Action, the NRDC Action Fund and the National Wildlife Federation Action Fund to mobilize each groups’ members to help elect environmental champions to the White House and Congress in November.
Washington, DC -- Today, House Democrats passed yet another comprehensive COVID relief package, while Senate Republicans have still failed to act on their previously passed bill for more than four months.