Con el fin de confrontar los crecientes desafíos de nuestra crisis climática, los principales grupos ambientales nacionales y de justicia ambiental en Estados Unidos están promoviendo, por primera vez, una plataforma climática justa y equitativa.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a recent interview with Eva McKend of Spectrum News, Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler was pressed about his reaction to Trump’s racist attacks on four women of color in Congress -- Representatives Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ayanna Pressley. Wheeler twice refused to condemn Trump’s racism and instead pivoted to his own attacks on Congress while distorting the effects of the Administration’s policies that will lead to more pollution, especially in low-income communities and communities of color.
Washington, D.C. — To confront the widening dangers of our climate crisis, leading U.S. environmental justice and national environmental groups today are advancing for the first time an Equitable and Just National Climate Platform.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the Trump-Wheeler EPA released a 2018 Air Trends Report in another attempt to push distorted figures and take credit for air pollution gains related to policies Trump and Wheeler are trying to tear down. According to Associated Press analysis, U.S. air quality dropped “after years of improvement,” with more polluted air days each year in Trump’s first two years in office than in the previous four years.
Rock Springs, WY-- The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will meet on July 18th and 19th to decide whether or not to require hunters to carry bear spray in grizzly bear habitat, how to control the spread of chronic wasting disease, and adopt regulations for wolf hunting, among other topics.
Today, the Ohio Senate voted 19 - 12 to move HB 6 back to the House; a new energy tax on Ohio electric customers and a complete catastrophe for a balanced informed energy policy and good governance.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club de Puerto Rico chapter and the national Sierra Club organization called on Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló to resign his office, leaving in place public servants with clean records to lead. In San Juan, thousands are marching in the streets to demand Rosselló’s resignation, including members of Sierra Club de Puerto Rico.
AEP Corp. has agreed to install more effective pollution controls sooner on its Rockport Super Polluting coal plant while also committing to retire Unit 1 by December 2028, under a legal agreement signed by a federal judge today.
El Capítulo de Puerto Rico y la organización nacional del Sierra Club urgieron hoy al gobernador de Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló, a que dimita de su cargo.
TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Today, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released its draft plan for how the state proposes to spend $166 million from the national Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust. Florida is the last state to release a draft plan for its settlement money, while other states have already invested monies into existing clean transportation initiatives.