President Trump has waived 28 more federal laws to begin construction on three miles of border wall in Calexico on top of the 37 already waived for construction near San Diego. These waivers include protections for public health, farmland, animal rights and environmental safeguards-- dismissing laws like the Clean Air Act and Native American Graves Protection Act.
The town of Hillsborough, North Carolina on Monday became the first town in North Carolina and 43rd in the United States to commit to transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy.
On Saturday, hundreds of people in and around Watts will gather in front of the community’s historic towers to hear about the benefits of electric vehicles, learn about programs that support electric vehicle purchasing and identify the roadblocks that make it harder for low-income families to go electric.
Today, the Minnesota Department of Commerce submitted testimony to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on Enbridge’s certificate of need application for its proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline expansion project. The PUC will be accepting public comments over the next few months and is expected to make a decision next spring.
White House Homeland Security Advisory Tom Bossert, when pressed on the increased severity and frequency of Hurricanes by a White House reporter, just told the American people that “We continue to take the climate change seriously, not the cause of it, but the things that we observe.” This statement stands in stark contrasts to the actual actions taken by this administration, including repeated efforts to defund climate change research, censorship of the term “climate change” throughout the federal government, the appointment of climate deniers to the highest posts in the Administration, and the elimination of President Obama’s flood risk rule just weeks before Hurricane Harvey hit.
Yesterday, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in a letter to a federal regulator, announced its intention to “vacate and remand” their approval of the certification for the proposed fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline.
As California electric utilities ramp up efforts to stifle clean energy by attacking SB100, a coalition of California mayors, city councilors, and community leaders today delivered a letter to California Assemblymembers to issue their support for moving California to 100% clean energy by 2045. A copy of the letter can be found here.
Late yesterday, President Trump announced his nomination of Bill Wehrum, a lobbyist and former George W. Bush-era EPA official, to lead the EPA's air and radiation office. Wehrum was nominated for this position once before, in 2006, and rejected by the Senate.
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey’s devastation along the Gulf Coast and Hurricane Irma’s havoc in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean and pending threats in Florida, Scott Pruitt has eliminated the EPA’s climate adaptation office, according to a spokesperson and as reported by Politico Pro.
For six years, National Drive Electric Week has inspired drivers to ditch the gas station. The seventh annual National Drive Electric Week (NDEW), which starts tomorrow, September 9, will boast more events than ever before.