Madison, WI - Today, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to begin the process of repealing several Obama-era actions tackling the climate crisis and protecting clean air and water, including steps to begin the process of dismantling the Clean Power Plan, roll back Oil and Gas New Source Performance Standards, rescind NEPA guidance that directs agencies to account for the climate crisis, and end efforts to reform the broken federal coal leasing program.
St. Louis, MO - Today, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to begin the process of repealing several Obama-era actions tackling the climate crisis and protecting clean air and water, including steps to begin the process of dismantling the Clean Power Plan, roll back Oil and Gas New Source Performance Standards, rescind NEPA guidance that directs agencies to account for the climate crisis, and end efforts to reform the broken federal coal leasing program.
As a new report from the Solar Foundation revealed a 71 percent increase in metro Detroit solar industry jobs, President Trump signed an executive order to begin repealing the landmark Clean Power Plan, which incentivizes clean energy jobs.
LOS ANGELES-- Today, the Trump Administration issued an executive order gutting President Obama’s Clean Power Plan (background below), which cuts climate altering pollution by asking states to set clean energy generation goals.
As a new report released today revealed that Indiana has more jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining, President Trump signed an executive order to begin repealing the landmark Clean Power Plan, which would incentivize more clean energy job growth in America.
Baltimore, M.D. —The Maryland General Assembly finalized the specifics of the Public Service Commission’s (PSC) updates to the EmPOWER Maryland program today, which passed through the House and Senate in March to be codified as law. The 2008 EmPOWER Maryland legislation established landmark energy efficiency targets and programs through 2015 with huge successes in energy efficiency services like appliance and lighting rebates, home energy checkups and behavior-based energy saving programs.
WASHINGTON, DC - Tomorrow, Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to begin the process of repealing several Obama-era actions tackling the climate crisis and protecting clean air and water, including steps to begin the process of dismantling the Clean Power Plan, roll back Oil and Gas New Source Performance Standards, rescind NEPA guidance that directs agencies to account for the climate crisis, and end efforts to reform the broken federal coal leasing program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump signed a Congressional Review Act resolution today scrapping the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order, which would have ensured that all contractors comply with workplace laws - including health and safety standards, wage laws, and civil rights laws before they receive new contracts.
Clean energy jobs, including those from solar, wind, energy efficiency, smart grid technology and battery storage, vastly outnumber all fossil fuel jobs nationwide from the coal, oil and gas sectors. That includes jobs in power generation, mining, and other forms of fossil fuel extraction.
RIVERSIDE-- Today the California Air Resources Board adopted a resolution reaffirming its commitment to the state's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) rule.
The rule requires automakers to manufacture and sell battery-electric and other cars and light-duty trucks that have zero tailpipe emissions.
Statement from Kathryn Phillips, director of Sierra Club California: