WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced joint resolutions in the Senate and House, respectively, that unveiled a bold plan for a Green New Deal to tackle the climate crisis, create millions of good, high-wage jobs, secure clean air and water, and counteract systemic injustices. The Sierra Club endorsed these Green New Deal resolutions and is mobilizing its more than 3.5 million members and supporters to encourage broad congressional backing for the resolutions.
Today, officials with the Department of the Interior confirmed that destructive seismic testing will not take place in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this winter.
A recent Washington Post opinion piece connects dots between disgraced former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Andrew Wheeler’s intimidation tactics with the media.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, two hearings on the climate crisis were held in the U.S. House of representatives -- the first climate hearings of the new Congress. In fact, today’s events are the first climate hearing in the House Energy and Commerce Committee in six years and the first in the House Natural Resources Committee in eight years.
a coalition of climate and clean water advocates will hold a Telepresser to discuss new legislation designed to protect Maryland’s waters from dirty, dangerous fracked gas pipelines
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tonight, following the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Donald Trump delivered his second State of the Union speech.
Today, Texas residents from Brownsville and nearby communities attended a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) public meeting to speak out against the air pollution permit for the proposed Annova LNG fracked gas export terminal.
Today, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) granted the final air permit for Tampa Electric Company’s (TECO) proposal to lock the Tampa Bay area into decades of dependence on climate-disrupting fossil fuels
Today, the Senate of Virginia voted to pass Senate Bill 1355 by a vote of 38-2, taking an important step towards permanently dealing with the legacy of toxic coal ash in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay watershed.
In the first week of the legislative session, Rep. Carl Albrecht introduced HB 220 - Radioactive Waste Amendments, which provides for the disposal of higher classes of nuclear waste than is currently allowed by State law, including depleted uranium and Class B and C waste, at the discretion of the Director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control.