Five of the biggest wins for wildlife and wild places in 2023
The past year saw significant progress for our environment — and your support helped make it possible.
Good news
We’re focused on building a greener, healthier future, but we shouldn’t miss the positive environmental stories we’re seeing — and making — along the way.
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Refrigerator standards set to cut energy waste
Statement: Fed govt. approves nation’s largest wind farm off Virginia’s coast
Updates
Utility-scale solar capacity eclipses nuclear
To save the bees, we must track pesticides
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Biden administration updates efficiency standards for washing machines & clothes dryers
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Coalition welcomes furnace efficiency standards
Consumer, energy efficiency, environmental, and utility stakeholders welcomed a significantly strengthened federal efficiency standard for home furnaces announced by the Department of Energy on Friday.
Statement: President Biden vetoes measures that stripped protections for wildlife
Statement: President Biden vetoes measures to nullify protections for vulnerable species
America’s oldest church goes solar
Santa Fe’s San Miguel Chapel, believed to have been built about 1610, added 20 solar panels to its roof in August 2023.
STATEMENT: Biden administration takes steps to protect Arctic from drilling
The rusty patched bumblebee wins in court
Ruling could lead to habitat protections for the endangered bee
