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
Media Statements
Statement: California accelerating toward a clean energy-powered future
RICHMOND, Calif. – Gov. Gavin Newsom provided an update Thursday on California’s transition to clean energy and outlined a plan to achieve the state's climate goals. “Building The Electricity Grid of the Future: California’s Clean Energy Transition Plan,” demonstrates California’s new and ongoing efforts to generate 100% of its electricity from clean sources while addressing reliability challenges and ensuring an affordable energy transition for all.
Statement: Offshore Wind & Jobs Act passes out of California Assembly
AB 3 (Zbur) would support seaport readiness and in-state jobs to bolster California’s offshore wind development
Statement: Gov. Newsom prioritizes January’s budgeted climate funding despite steeper deficit
Shortfall underscores need for alternate resources, solutions to act on climate
Statement: California Air Resources Board adopts strong rules to clean up trucks, buses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) unanimously on Friday to adopt the Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) rule, which requires replacing diesel trucks used in ports with 100% zero emission trucks by 2035, mandates that 100% of new trucks and buses sold in California by manufacturers be zero emission by 2036, and speeds up the timeline for government and larger companies to only buy zero emission trucks and buses when they purchase new vehicles.
Statement: Senate transportation committee passes bill to add more solar power in California
SB 49 would encourage solar over parking lots and along state’s highways
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.
STATEMENT: New federal program to connect wildlife, reduce collisions with vehicles
Biden administration to provide key funding to states to protect animals, motorists
Statement: California will lead the nation on clean trucks
EPA grants two waivers allowing California to accelerate adoption of zero emission vehicles.
Statement: U.S. Senate introduces bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
Bill would be the most significant investment in wildlife in a generation