Today, the United States Supreme Court declined a request from TC Energy and the Trump administration to allow Keystone XL to proceed under Nationwide Permit 12, a key water crossing permit for pipelines that a district court found unlawful.
The cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a watershed moment in the fight for climate action, and is yet another indicator of the end of fossil fuels.
This morning, a federal judge ordered that the Dakota Access pipeline be shut down and emptied of oil by August 5, 2020.
Today, following years of legal and community opposition, Duke Energy and Dominion Energy announced they are cancelling construction of their 600-mile, $8 billion fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Thursday, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a Trump administration attempt to allow polluters to illegally sidestep clean air regulations -- and protected the public’s right to seek legal relief.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tonight, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. In addition to upgrading our crumbling infrastructure to face the increased threats posed by climate change, the $1.5 trillion package includes investments in clean energy, public lands, pipes for safe drinking water, and our transportation system.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
Today, more than a dozen leading political and environmental activists wrote to the Facebook Oversight Board demanding that Facebook shut down a loophole the company created that allows climate deniers to circumvent independent fact-checkers to publish lies and misinformation.
San Francisco introduces plan to phase gas out of buildings The Board of Supervisors’ plan ends permits for gas use in new construction starting in 2021 San Francisco, Calif.--Today, Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduced a city-wide building code that requires newly constructed buildings to run on gas-free power. San Francisco joins more than 30 other cities in California -- second in population only to San Jose -- to begin phasing gas out of buildings.
U.S. Court of Appeals for DC Circuit issued ruled against FERC's controversial practice of issuing tolling orders. The decision has major implications for how fracked gas pipelines get approved and built in the US
El Gobernador de California Gavin Newsom firmó hoy un presupuesto estatal de $202.100 millones que incluye fondos para la restauración del Salton Sea y sus comunidades colindantes.