US greenlights major transmission line for renewable energy in Western states
The Bureau of Land Management has approved nearly three dozen renewable energy and grid improvement projects since 2021.
By Associated Press - May 21, 2023Environment
The three former officials called the bill ‘the most significant piece of climate legislation in United States history.’
By Oliver Willis - August 05, 2022The GOP nominees for statewide office all oppose abortion rights and support the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump.
By Adrian Cole - August 04, 2022Climate activist and former Vice President Al Gore stressed that the funding in the bill would be vital to fighting climate change.
By Oliver Willis - August 01, 2022Removing Line 5 would protect Lake Michigan from a potentially disastrous oil spill and would ‘have no noticeable impact to consumers,’ according to one study.
By Adrian Cole - July 29, 2022New Biden administration guidelines could help provide cheaper solar energy to 4.5 million families.
By Oliver Willis - July 28, 2022The American Action Network makes no mention of its fossil fuel donors in a barrage of attack ads against Democratic House incumbents.
By Josh Israel - July 27, 2022The Republican nominee has claimed high gas prices have nothing to do with ‘greedy oil executives.’
By Josh Israel - July 27, 2022Experts say planting trees and protecting old-growth forests are necessary parts of the fight against global climate change.
By Oliver Willis - July 27, 2022The Department of Energy projects that the building code modernization efforts could cut energy costs by as much as $138 billion over the next 30 years.
By Oliver Willis - July 25, 2022‘The claims are cynical at best, and expose a complete ignorance of how the [Strategic Petroleum Reserve] works,’ one energy expert said.
By Adrian Cole - July 22, 2022With a more solid majority in the Senate, Democrats would be able to pass stalled legislation to invest in clean energy and close tax loopholes for the richest Americans.
By Josh Israel - July 19, 2022The North Carolina Republican Senate nominee has repeatedly sided with the energy sector over environmental protections.
By Josh Israel - July 18, 2022Government and legal experts ask: Can further limits be put on presidential authority to make sure there are no repeats of 2020 in future administrations?
By Associated Press - July 17, 2022Meteorologists say models used to predict storm impacts do not always keep up with increasingly devastating rainstorms, hurricanes, heat waves and other events.
By Associated Press - July 10, 2022‘We’re not seeing a whole lot of common sense in his policies. He tends to toss aside serious ideas about climate change as just left-wing politics,’ said Sierra Club Florida political director Luigi Guadarrama.
By Adrian Cole - July 06, 2022Fire officials in some cities worry that the cancelations of community displays could prompt some people to ramp up their use of consumer-grade fireworks.
By Associated Press - July 04, 2022Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz claims without evidence that environmental regulations are responsible for oil companies’ high prices.
By Josh Israel - June 23, 2022The increase in pay for federal wildland firefighters comes as the United Nations warns of a ‘global wildfire crisis.’
By Oliver Willis - June 21, 2022Black children and families are more likely than white families to suffer from the effects of lead poisoning.
By Oliver Willis - June 17, 2022United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that ‘fossil fuel producers and financiers have humanity by the throat.’
By Associated Press - June 17, 2022Large oil companies took in over $22 billion in profits in the first quarter of 2022 as gas prices have soared.
By Oliver Willis - June 15, 2022The Natural Resources Defense Council said new efficiency standards for furnaces ‘will significantly lower energy bills each year and slash dangerous climate-warming emissions across the nation.’
By Oliver Willis - June 13, 2022Experts say shipping cost increases are a key driver of high retail prices and inflation.
By Oliver Willis - June 09, 2022The Republican candidate has gotten much of his corporate PAC funding from the fossil fuel industry.
By Josh Israel - June 07, 2022President Joe Biden is using the Defense Production Act to boost the domestic manufacture of solar panels and other clean energy components.
By Oliver Willis - June 06, 2022$154 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be used to improve water infrastructure for Native American tribes and Alaska Native villages.
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2022The new allocation includes federal aid to cap 18 orphaned wells in the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania.
By Oliver Willis - May 26, 2022Diesel pollution has been associated with cardiac and respiratory illnesses as well as greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
By Oliver Willis - May 24, 2022The concept of ESG calls on investors to consider criteria such as environmental risk, pay equity or how transparent companies are in their accounting practices.
By Associated Press - May 21, 2022Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said, ‘The shameful conduct of corporate executives pursuing profit at any cost during a crisis and government officials eager to do their bidding regardless of resulting harm to the public must never be repeated.’
By Associated Press - May 15, 2022