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Effort to engage local elected officials in campaign urging Walmart to go solar kicks off
DC Councilmember Brianne Nadeau is the first elected official to sign onto a letter being circulated by Environment America Research & Policy Center urging Walmart to commit to installing solar on all viable rooftops and parking lots by 2035
The Willow Project: A carbon bomb aimed at the Western Arctic
ConocoPhillips’ catastrophic oil drilling project needs to be stopped.
Statement: Biden administration’s drilling proposal would put U.S. over a barrel
"By proposing as many as 11 new offshore drilling lease sales, President Biden is taking us down the same old path toward more spills and a warmer climate. This plan would lock in long-term risks that, with renewable energy on the rise, we increasingly don’t need."
The place no oil companies want to drill
The Arctic Refuge has been abandoned, for now, by oil companies. Will Congress act to protect it before they return?
Statement: Supreme Court hamstrings EPA’s ability to tackle climate change
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision on the West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) case Thursday, severely limiting the EPA’s authority to regulate climate pollution from power plants. Despite the fact that the Biden administration has yet to propose rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, the Court issued a decision that severely limits the EPA’s authority to implement systemwide regulations of carbon from power plants, holding that unless expressly delegated, that authority belongs to Congress.