Washington, DC -- Today, the Associated Press reported that the Department of the Interior spent nearly $139,000 on a work order labeled “Secretary’s Door.” Zinke’s spokesperson is not denying that they used this money for a new door for Secretary Zinke.
Today, the Department of the Interior announced plans to speed up efforts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The effort would give the area over to the oil industry, ignoring the place’s importance to the Gwich’in Nation, the permanence of drilling damage to one of the country’s last wild places, and the irreversible climate impacts in a state already warming at twice the rate of the rest of the country.
Today, the Maryland House of Delegates passed the Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2018 with a 98-40 vote. The bill provides $150 million of annual dedicated funding for the WMATA metro system and additional funds for MTA and the Baltimore region.
Last night, Politico reported that the American Petroleum Institute’s executive committee will visit the White House next week to discuss energy policy.
Yesterday, footage released by Earthworks revealed the extent of a massive methane disaster at an exploded XTO oil and gas site in Belmont County, Ohio.
The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement has asked its full commission to force fossil fuel giant Sunoco to shut down its Mariner East 1 liquid gas pipeline.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Senate Democrats outlined their Jobs and Infrastructure Plan for America’s Workers which stands in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s infrastructure scam. Unlike the Trump scam, which includes a mere percentage of the funding needed and effectively guts large portions of America’s bedrock environmental protection laws, Senate Democrats’ plan addresses the root causes of our infrastructure shortfall by investing comprehensively in areas including clean energy, water projects, maintenance on public lands, universal broadband and improving the grid.
Local and state officials, business leaders, environmentalists, and coastal community residents held a rally today to speak out against the Trump administration’s proposal to open up more than 90 percent of the waters off from America’s coast, including an area near Massachusetts, to offshore drilling and seismic testing.
Today, in his remarks at an energy conference in Houston, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made his preference for supporting the oil and gas industry over protecting our public lands and waters clear.
Aurora, CO -- Today, Sierra Club Colorado announced its endorsement of Jason Crow in the election for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District.