In the midst of intense public pressure for action on the climate crisis, Donald Trump and his EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler nevertheless moved backward today by finalizing the Trump Administration's plan to roll back the Clean Power Plan, the first-ever safeguards to curb carbon pollution from existing power plants.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- In the midst of intense public pressure for action on the climate crisis, Donald Trump and his EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler nevertheless moved backward today by finalizing the Trump Administration's plan to roll back the Clean Power Plan, the first-ever safeguards to curb carbon pollution from existing power plants.
Washington, DC-- Moments ago, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously passed a package to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals in drinking water and the environment. The package is limited-- it fails to halt ongoing sources of PFAS pollution in water and consumer products, does not initiate urgent cleanup of polluted sites, nor do the bills classify any PFAS chemicals as hazardous substances and hazardous wastes. Widespread toxic chemical pollution is jeopardizing people’s health in communities across the country.
In the midst of intense public pressure for action on the climate crisis, former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler did the opposite today by finalizing the Trump Administration's plan to roll back the Clean Power Plan - the first-ever safeguards from carbon pollution for existing power plants. Wheeler’s alternative -- the Dirty Power Plan -- is a deadly rollback and an illegal giveaway to the coal industry that EPA previously estimated could result in up to 1,400 pollution related deaths every year.
Ignoring risks to native people, climate and the Salish Sea, the Canadian government today formally approved an expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Augusta, ME -- Last night, the Maine Legislature passed LD 1494 which increases the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 80 percent by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050.
Albany, NY — Early this morning, the New York State Senate passed the strongest climate legislation in the nation as part of a three-way agreement with the Assembly and Governor Andrew Cuomo. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act’s road to passage was the culmination of a multi-year effort, deeply rooted in climate justice, and widely supported and led by frontline community groups, environmental justice organizations, labor, environmental organizations including the Sierra Club and everyday New Yorkers who made their voices heard.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in Orlando, Florida, Donald Trump will officially announce his candidacy for President of the United States for the 2020 election cycle. This week, Trump will finalize his rollback of the Clean Power Plan, life-saving climate action that constituted the first-ever safeguard from carbon pollution for existing power plants, and replaced it with the Dirty Power Plan, a polluter giveaway that will lead to the deaths of 1,400 Americans every year by the Trump EPA’s own admission. So far during his presidency Trump has rolled back protections from coal ash, the clean car standards, the Clean Power Plan, protections from methane pollution, and withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Agreement -- and that’s just a sample of his anti-public health, anti-climate, and anti-environment agenda.
Safety Harbor, FL – The City Commission of Safety Harbor voted unanimously to become Florida’s ninth city to adopt a resolution setting a 100 percent clean, renewable energy community-wide goal, committing the City to plan for the complete elimination of all fossil fuels in the electricity sector by 2035 for municipal operations and 2050 community-wide. The resolution creates an inclusive community planning process to guide a transition for both municipal operations as well as the entire community.
Donald Trump is kicking off his reelection campaign with events in Orlando and Miami, Florida today. Here’s some of what his campaign won’t tell you: Trump is hell bent on making the people of Florida suffer the ravages of the climate crisis, and has sought for years to do everything he can to open up Florida's coasts and beaches to the ravages of oil spills and drilling. He’s also endangering the people and places of Florida in countless other ways with his destructive anti-environmental agenda.