Statement: New bill will tackle large threat posed by tiny plastics
An estimated ten trillion pellets enter oceans each year
Media Statements
Statement: Biden administration reins in deadly air pollution
New limits on soot will save thousands of lives
Refrigerator standards set to cut energy waste
New efficiency rules will take effect 2029
Biden administration announces plan to protect old-growth forests
Most U.S. old-growth forests have been logged, many of oldest remaining trees open to logging
Statement: Fed govt. approves nation’s largest wind farm off Virginia’s coast
The U.S. Department of the Interior approved Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The 176 turbines are expected to produce enough electricity to power 660,000 homes.
Statement: Five more years of offshore drilling
Smallest oil leasing program ever starts to acknowledge new reality: No need to risk oceans for more oil
Statement: President Biden vetoes measures that stripped protections for wildlife
Statement: President Biden vetoes measures to nullify protections for vulnerable species
STATEMENT: Biden administration takes steps to protect Arctic from drilling
STATEMENT: President Biden protects Grand Canyon from uranium mining
Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument will protect critical watershed, wildlife habitat and cultural sites
New Biden clean cars proposal will spur electric vehicle adoption, slash pollution
The Biden administration proposed Wednesday some of the most ambitious vehicle pollution limits in the world, following similar actions by many U.S. states. The pending rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is designed to ensure that all-electric cars make up as many as 2 out of every 3 new passenger vehicles sold in the United States by 2032.