The Wisconsin Public Service Commission voted today to extend the utility disconnection moratorium for residential customers until September 1, 2020. The commission decided 2-1 to extend the moratorium in order to safeguard the public health of Wisconsin residents during the COVID-19 health crisis. The PSC had previously voted on June 11 to end the moratorium on utility disconnections.
Lansing, Michigan -- Yesterday, Michigan adopted the proposed PFAS Maximum Contaminant Load (MCL), which will help limit toxic PFAS chemicals in the state’s drinking water. More than two million Michiganders currently have detectable PFAS chemicals in their drinking water supply.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act. The historic bill permanently funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund, guaranteeing $900 million annually for the improvement of our parks. It also provides $9.5 billion over five years to address the nearly $12 billion backlog of maintenance projects across national parks and public lands.
El Sierra Club, la Unión de Libertades Cívicas (UCLU) y la Coalición de Comunidades Fronterizas del Sur solicitaron hoy a la Corte Suprema que detenga la construcción del muro fronterizo de Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the Sierra Club, American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Border Communities Coalition asked the Supreme Court to halt construction of President Trump’s border wall. In the motion, the groups urge the court to lift an earlier stay that allowed the Trump administration to divert $2.5 billion from military pay and pension funds for border wall construction that Congress explicitly denied.
On Monday, Columbus City Council approved a ballot measure to set up a Community Choice Aggregation program, which would allow the city to be powered by 100 percent clean, renewable energy by 2022. The initiative will be the city’s ballot in November, allowing voters to decide whether Columbus should pursue Community Choice Aggregation, a program that allows local governments to negotiate for and purchase energy on behalf of their residents.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed standards for greenhouse gas emissions from new aircraft. The Trump administration’s EPA has issued the proposal because without the standards, American airplanes would be barred from flying in international airspace.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, July 21, the House of Representatives voted to approve the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, this year’s $740 billion annual military spending bill. A provision within this year’s NDAA requires the Pentagon to change the names of ten military installations currently named after Confederate military leaders within three years. It would also remove Confederate likenesses, symbols and paraphernalia from defense facilities nationwide within the same timeframe.
NEW YORK -- Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a massive new call for clean energy projects including a 2020 NYSERDA Tier 1 RFP for 1.6 million MWh under the Clean Energy Standard; a new RFP for 2 million MWh of land based wind or solar power; and a $400 million combined 2020 Offshore Wind RFP and Port Investment RFP.
A new criminal complaint followed the FBI arrest of Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder for corruption charges linked to the passage of Ohio’s House Bill 6 (HB 6); the coal and nuclear bailout tax legislation.