News Release | Environment America

Good as news: positive environmental stories you may have missed this week

The Public Interest Network’s Environment America and U.S. PIRG are working on multiple campaigns to help America get through the coronavirus pandemic as quickly and safely as possible. But we're also working to ensure that when the outbreak ends, the United States’ policies and practices ensure a cleaner, safer, better world for all of us.

News Release | Environment America

Candidates who promise to tackle environmental goals win in 2020 election

Up and down ballots across the country Tuesday, voters elected candidates who promised to protect the environment.

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Environmental champion Ed Markey re-elected to U.S. Senate

Massachusetts voters wrote the final chapter in Sen. Ed Markey’s Cinderella story on Tuesday, electing to send him back to the U.S. Senate for another six-year term. 

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Statement: Trump administration officially pulls the U.S. out of the international Paris Accord setting back climate progress

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration officially pulled the United States out of the international Paris Agreement on climate change Wednesday.  Although announced previously, the withdrawal could only be finalized as soon as the day after the presidential election.

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New Jersey Governor signs strongest ban on single-use plastics in nation, promotes reusable bags

“Gov. Murphy signed the strongest single-use ban on plastics in the country to prioritize our wildlife and our communities over endless plastic waste polluting our waterways. We are thrilled that New Jersey can be a national leader in reducing single-use waste.”

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