PHOENIX -- Rep. Gosar (R-AZ) has introduced an amendment to an Interior Department funding bill that would withhold funding to manage Ironwood Forest National Monument, de-facto stripping the area and its resources of protections afforded by the monument.
Washington, DC -- Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted a temporary stay in response to a lawsuit brought yesterday by the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, and Center for Biological Diversity, ordering Andrew Wheeler’s Environmental Protection Agency to continue to enforce glider truck requirements while the parties brief the merits of the case. The EPA must file a response to the motion by 4pm on July 25.
Today, the Washington Post released an analysis of Brett Kavanaugh’s support for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. While serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion directing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to consider the application for project, stating that "the underlying policy debate is not our concern."
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. -- Yesterday, the U.S.
Long Island City, N.Y. -- Local residents and various health leaders and religious and environmental organizations gathered on Wednesday to urge the administration to quickly finalize a proposed plan that would phase coal out of the state by 2020. Advocates contend that a statewide framework must include a glidepath for communities and workers affected by this transition and to ensure full retirement of the affected plants - barring the way for these plants to burn other dirty energy sources like fracked gas, waste or biomass.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Lujan Grisham introduced legislation to safeguard and enhance national monuments. The America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States (ANTIQUITIES) Act is the House companion to Sen. Udall’s bill already introduced in the Senate.
Oakland, CA—Sierra magazine’s July/August edition is now on newsstands and arriving at subscribers’ homes. This issue is a celebration of America’s rivers—from those running through urbanscapes to the most wild and scenic.
Today, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock unveiled the City of Denver’s 80x50 Climate Action Plan, which includes the goal of transitioning Denver to 100 percent clean, renewable electricity by 2030. Denver represents the 73rd city in the United States to commit to 100 percent clean energy and joins nine other Colorado communities that have also adopted a 100 percent clean energy goal.
Environmental groups sued the Trump administration today for opening up more than 78 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to offshore drilling without fully analyzing the risks to people, wildlife, and the environment.
Washington, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, and Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging Andrew Wheeler’s Environmental Protection Agency for its July 6 decision to cease enforcing the glider truck requirements.