Press Releases Tagged Climate & Environmental Justice
Labor, Climate, and Community Leaders Back Pennsylvania DEP Effort to Lower Industrial Climate Pollution and Create Jobs
Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions (RISE PA) Application for Federal Funding Could Bring in $475M in Investment to PA, Create 6,000 Jobs, and Eliminate 5.2 Million Metric Tons of Carbon Pollution Carnegie, PA —Today, the Shapiro administration and local elected officials, labor unions, and climate groups came together in Allegheny County to...
Biden Admin’s Newly Strengthened Soot Standard Will Prevent Thousands of Air Pollution Deaths Each Year
EPA is tightening its grip on dangerous air pollution and will prevent 4,500 deaths per year—and hundreds of thousands of other medically related events.
It’s Official: President Biden Just Took a Big Step To Pause LNG Terminals, Prioritize Those on The Frontline
With today’s announcement, President Biden showed us he’s listening to frontline communities and serving the country well.
Evergreen: Reported Pause and Review of LNG Terminal Approvals Would Be Critical Step Towards Climate and Environmental Justice
In response to the New York Times reporting that the Biden administration is pausing a decision on the Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project along with 16 other natural gas export terminals, Evergreen Action Energy Transition Policy Lead Mattea Mrkusic released the following statement: “If this reporting is...
Midwest Governors Made Historic Progress on Climate in 2023. Here’s How They Can Build on That Momentum in 2024.
2023 was a historic year for climate progress in the Midwest, with billions unlocked in new clean energy investment, major legislative actions to increase clean energy deployment, and the enactment of two new 100 percent clean energy laws. This week, key Midwestern clean energy governors begin their State of the...
In Letters to Governors, Climate and Transportation Orgs Call for Strong Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets
States lead on climate by building transportation systems that provide better choices. To get us there, a coalition of national and state climate and transportation organizations sent letters today to governors in 22 states who are on the record supporting climate action, urging them to set ambitious greenhouse gas emissions...
Daimler & Volvo Group Efforts to Delay Clean Truck Transition in US Draw International Criticism
Letters to Daimler & Volvo Group CEOs Highlight Their Interference In Advancing a Strong Federal Clean Trucks Rule; Request Support
Biden Admin Shuts Down Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Keen On Destroying Clean Hydrogen
Deep-pocketed lobbyists have been dead-set on chaining U.S. hydrogen production to dirty fossil fuels, but today the Biden administration shut them down.
New Report From ICCT Underscores What We Already Knew: We’re Ready to Electrify Our Trucking Fleets
Today, the nonpartisan expert ICCT has the receipts outlined in their latest report.
NEW REPORT: How President Biden Can Expedite Permitting & Equitable Grid Deployment Without Congress
We cannot achieve a clean energy transition without the very transmission lines necessary to connect renewable energy sources to the grid.