Seoul, South Korea -- To mark the very first International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, an unprecedented coalition of 15 civic groups has launched Korea Beyond Coal - aligning South Korean organizations with a powerful global movement which has retired hundreds of coal plants worldwide.
Helena, MT— Today, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks staff will present final recommendations of Governor Bullock’s Grizzly Bear Advisory Council for grizzly bear management in the state at a meeting of the Montana legislature’s Environmental Quality Council.
Harrisburgh, P.A. - The Pennsylvania Senate approved House Bill 2025 today, which would remove the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) legal authority to regulate climate-disrupting carbon dioxide pollution from any source within the Commonwealth. This bill, which passed in the House in July, would prevent Pennsylvania’s participation in the "cap-and-invest" program known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) which is currently being developed. The legislation goes even further to prevent DEP from implementing any regulations of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Governor Wolf is expected to veto the legislation.
Donald Trump mintió hoy sobre su historial ambiental y de conservación. En 2017, la administración Trump publicó su plan de cinco años de explotaciones petroleras, el cual incluyó abrir las costas de Florida a las perforaciones. Además, el presupuesto de este año fiscal de Trump dedica solo $63 millones a la restauración de los Everglades.
Jupiter, FL -- Today, Donald Trump lied on his environmental and conservation record. In 2017, Trump’s administration released its five year offshore drilling plan, which included opening Florida’s coastline to drilling. Separately, Trump’s original FY2020 budget proposal set aside only $63 million for Everglades restoration.
MEMPHIS, TN - The Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club today announced its endorsement of Marquita Bradshaw for the 2020 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee.
(Oakland, California) – A female anti-poaching unit in South Africa, a tribal leader who is fighting to protect Chaco Canyon, and a governor who made climate change the focal point of his presidential campaign are among those receiving national awards from the Sierra Club this year.
NATIONWIDE – Today, Uber announced a commitment to reach 100% electric vehicle rides by 2030 in the US, Canada, and Europe, and by 2040 for the rest of the world. In June, ride-hailing company Lyft committed to 100% electric vehicle rides on its platform by 2030.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a new [Biological Opinion] for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The 303-mile project is stalled while awaiting necessary authorizations, including from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, a memo came to light detailing the Pentagon’s shuttering of the Stars and Stripes military newspaper effective by September 30. The Pentagon’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021 slashed the $15.5 million in federal funding for the newspaper. Stars and Stripes has provided objective news coverage for servicemembers since the Civil War.