WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the bipartisan House January 6 Select Committee announced that they will be referring former President Donald Trump, Trump Attorney John Eastman and other co-conspirators to the Department of Justice for their role in the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
Gobiernos de todo el mundo acordaron hoy adoptar el Marco Global sobre Biodiversidad Kunning-Montreal, como conclusión de la Conferencia sobre Biodiversidad de la ONU (COP15).
Seattle, WA - Today, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) announced their adoption of three regulations: the Advanced Clean Cars II Rule (ACC II), the Heavy-Duty Omnibus Low NOx Rule, and the Fleet Reporting Requirement. ACC II requires an increasing percentage of new zero-emission (includes battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell electric) light-duty passenger vehicles (ZEVs) be made available in Washington State, culminating in 100% new zero-emission sales by model year 2035 and beyond.
Montreal, Canada -- As negotiations on a new 10-year plan to reverse the accelerating loss of life on Earth wrap up at the 15th UN Conference of Parties (COP15), Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline continues to threaten biodiversity, health, and climate. Throughout COP15 in Montreal, water protectors and environmental advocates from the United States and Canada amplified the extraordinary threat Enbridge’s fossil fuel infrastructure poses to the Great Lakes and inherent Indigenous rights.
Four “Remember Kingston'' billboards have been set up on major highways surrounding Knoxville to honor the hundreds of workers who cleaned up the Kingston Coal Ash Spill along with a full-page ad in the Roane County News.
Montreal, Canada – Today, governments from around the world agreed to adopt the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, in conclusion of the United Nations’ Biodiversity Conference (COP15).
MANHATTAN, NY -- Today, New York’s Climate Action Council (CAC) will vote on the Final Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) Scoping Plan. Following the passage of the CLCPA, Advisory Panels with diverse sector-specific expertise were appointed in 2020 to draft recommendations for the strategies necessary for New York to decarbonize and meet the mandates of the Climate Act.
SACRAMENTO, CA – In a stunning turn for the state claiming to lead the country when it comes to renewable energy advances, California’s Public Utilities Commission yesterday authorized SoCalGas to study transporting hydrogen derived from carbon-emitting sources via its Angeles Link project. SoCalGas had proposed to study transport of “green” hydrogen - hydrogen produced exclusively from renewable energy and water.
While this settlement, approved by state regulators, is a better outcome for South Carolina families and businesses than the original proposal, Dominion’s continued reliance on volatile fossil fuels will continue to be a burden for customers and a threat to our air, water and public health.
MISSOULA, Mont. –– More than two dozen organizations sent a letter to Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks Director Hank Worsech on the Statewide Grizzly Bear Management Plan. The plan was released earlier this week with a thirty-day comment period the heart of the holiday season.