February 26, 2018
More than 35 Vectren customers rallied in front of Vectren’s Evansville headquarters sending a message that “there's #NoFrackingWay we will pay to commit our community to fossil fuels for the next 40 to 50 years.”
Press Releases
February 26, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Supreme Court of the United States announced this morning that it would push a decision on DACA back to the lower courts. In the meantime, DACA recipients can continue to apply to renew their status.
February 23, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Scott Pruitt will speak at the annual CPAC conference today before an audience of self-proclaimed “fiscal conservatives.” His appearance will come despite the fact that Pruitt’s excuses for spending more than $100,000 in taxpayer funds on his own luxury flights have fallen apart amid mounting criticism from Republicans, Democrats, and aviation and security experts as well as data which undermines him. Politico reported last week that the “security threat” Pruitt’s staff pointed to as justification for the gratuitous waste of tax dollars was someone once shouting that he is “f---ing up the environment.”
February 23, 2018
A coalition asked the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to order Mountain Valley Pipeline to stay out of West Virginia streams until a decision is made on their appeal from last week. The groups made the request today because MVP is ineligible to use the streamlined stream crossing permit offered to it by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
February 22, 2018
Last night, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) suspension of a key safeguard that would limit methane pollution from oil and gas drilling operations on public lands.
February 22, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, reports broke that Matthew Masterson, the chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission -- which helps to protect U.S. election systems from possible cyber attacks -- is being pushed out from his position by House Speaker Paul Ryan and White House officials.
February 22, 2018
Springfield, MO - At today’s Springfield Board of Publ
February 22, 2018
A new study by scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published today in the American Journal of Public Health found that facilities emitting dangerous particulate air pollution -- like soot -- disproportionately impact low-income communities and communities of color - demonstrating that the reprehensible history of economic injustice and environmental racism regarding air pollution continues in the United States.
February 22, 2018
After conducting an economic analysis of their last coal plant in Nevada, NV energy found they can save money by replacing the plant with solar generation. However, they have decided to continue operating both units at the expensive, polluting coal plant as a seasonal resource through 2025.
February 22, 2018
This afternoon, DC residents and District officials gathered to send a strong message of opposition to the Trump administration’s offshore drilling plan.