Press Releases Tagged Climate & Environmental Justice
IRAirl: GOP Shutdown Would Threaten Their Own Constituents
Despite the overwhelming success of the IRA, House Republicans continue to bash the president’s landmark climate law.
Evergreen Statement on Phase Two of CPRG Funding Guidance
EPA releases guidance for implementation grants, $4.6 billion available for states, local governments, Tribes, and territories In response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release of guidance for Phase Two of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CPRG), Evergreen Action State Program Director Justin Balik released...
Biden Admin Delivers: American Climate Corps Will Chart a New Path In Climate Action
Young people growing up amid the climate crisis have an acute understanding of what we’re up against—and now they have an opportunity to fight it head-on.
Evergreen Stands With UAW: There’s No Clean Future Without American Workers
Corporate heavyweights in the auto industry are cynically attempting to use the transition to electric vehicles to lower wages and labor standards.
From Congress to the Circuit Courts: Republicans & Big Oil Are Attacking Clean Roadways
The oil and gas industry is puppeteering its Republican beneficiaries in attempts to claw back state and executive authorities that protect public health from deadly vehicle emissions.
Happy Birthday, Climate Icon: The IRA Is a Game-Changer 1 Year In
The IRA has unleashed enormous amounts of untapped potential for our clean energy economy, and a mere 365 days since its signing, the law is skyrocketing past expectations.
Biden Admin’s NEPA Rule Takes a Step Forward on Environmental Justice, But Still Needs Improvement
Now more than ever, we need to rapidly build out a just, clean energy economy at a pace that confronts the most existential threat of our time.
Evergreen Action Statement on EPW Clean Trains Hearing
America’s rail barons have been making billions in profits while their decades-old engines spew pollution into Black and Brown communities.
IRAirl: Bidenomics Delivers The Goods
Bidenomics is proving its worth as benefits from the president’s landmark climate law continue to show up in communities across the country.
House Republicans Take Aim At EPA’s Authorities With Three New Bills
Transportation is the number one polluting sector of our economy but zero-emission vehicles are available now and can clear our air.