Press Releases

December 21, 2022

The U.S. Senate confirmed Beth Geer, Michelle Moore, Robert Klein, William Renick, Adam Wade White, and Joe Ritch today as new members of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors.

December 20, 2022

Climate impacts on affordable insurance for underserved communities requires granular data

20 de diciembre de 2022

La Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental (EPA) finalizó hoy su regla final para actualizar los estándares que reducirán la contaminación de vehículos pesados.

December 20, 2022

PORTLAND — Today, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) voted to adopt the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) program, setting the state on a path to lower vehicle emissions and a healthy transition to electric vehicles and cleaner air, by requiring that every new light-duty vehicle sold in Oregon to be a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) by 2035. 

20 de diciembre de 2022

El Servicio Postal de Estados Unidos (USPS) anunció hoy un radical cambio de planes, tras año y medio de significativa presión pública por la miope decisión de comprar cientos de miles de camiones de combustión interna en lugar de renovar su flota con vehículos 100% eléctricos.

December 20, 2022

Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) made its final decision in Georgia Power’s 2022 rate case with a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Bubba McDonald opposing.

December 20, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – The DC Council today passed legislation requiring that all new and substantially renovated DC government buildings meet net zero energy standards, meaning the buildings are highly energy efficient, maximize on-site renewable energy generation, and do not use fossil fuels. The legislation helps implement the Climate Commitment Act, which requires the DC government to be carbon neutral in its operations by 2040. 

December 20, 2022

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released its final rule updating federal standards that will reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles. The rule released today targets NOx pollution from trucks and buses, a major threat to public health for millions of Americans and especially dangerous for marginalized communities across the nation that live next to major freight corridors.

20 de diciembre de 2022

La Comisión Selecta Bipartidista sobre el 6 de Enero de la Cámara Baja anunció que va a remitir al expresidente Trump, a su abogado John Eastman y otros conspiradores al Departamento de Justicia debido a sus protagonismos en la insurrección del 6 de enero de 2021.

December 20, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after a year and a half of significant public pressure over the Postal Service’s unpopular and short-sighted decision to buy hundreds of thousands of gas-powered trucks and stick to a fleet of merely 10 percent electric vehicles, and then 40 percent, the agency announced a major reversal to clean up the whole of the delivery truck fleet.