RICHMOND, Virginia – Today, the Virginia General Assembly voted down two critical amendments offered by Governor Ralph Northam in the state budget. Amendments 34 and 38 remove language from the budget that targets interstate climate compacts, including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI).
Washington, DC -- Clearly, the growing public momentum for climate action across the aisle has made clear to the Trump campaign that their climate denial is a major vulnerability.
BOISE, ID -- Today, the Boise City Council voted to adopt “Boise’s Energy Future,” a plan to move the city’s electricity to 100 percent renewable sources by 2035. After years of community advocacy, the Sierra Club’s Idaho Chapter and Ready for 100 Action campaign celebrate Boise becoming the first city in Idaho -- and 115th nationwide -- to adopt this goal.
Houston, Texas -- A KMCO chemical plant in Crosby, outside Houston, caught fire today. One plant worker has died, and two others are in critical condition. Reminiscent of the recent #ITCFire, a large black plume of toxic smoke is rising above the facility. KMCO has a long history of environmental and workplace safety issues.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tomorrow, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee is expected to vote on Heidi King’s nomination to become NHTSA’s Administrator. Since the Committee's vote on her nomination last spring, King has worked hand-in-hand with former coal lobbyist EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to propose new fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards f
A federal District Court decision today voids a land exchange deal between the Interior Department and the King Cove Corporation that attempted to trade away vital wetlands and wilderness to build a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
San Juan, Puerto Rico, -- Today, the Senate voted on amendments to a disaster relief bill that provides badly needed relief for flood-impacted states in the Midwest, particularly in Iowa. The Republican-led amendment did not provide adequate funding for continued recovery of Puerto Rico. The amendment was on Senator Shelby’s substitute amendment to HR 268, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, which failed with all Democrats opposed. Democrats voted no on the bill because Puerto Rico has not received the funds promised for recovery.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today ordered Duke Energy to excavate all remaining coal ash impoundments in North Carolina and move the toxic waste to lined storage.
Last night, the United States District Court for the District of Alaska ruled that Donald Trump acted unlawfully in his attempt to undo permanent protections for the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans from offshore drilling. The ruling restores protections to 98% of the Arctic Ocean and millions of acres in the Atlantic. It will also force the administration to reconsider its radical proposed offshore drilling program, which would have expanded drilling into nearly every corner of America’s public waters, including these protected areas.
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump announced that he is bypassing the cross-border permitting environmental review process and issuing a presidential permit to TransCanada to build the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.