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69.9% of Costco’s shareholders vote to reduce carbon pollution and deforestation
As Americans experience the consequences of climate change — droughts, wildfires, hurricanes and record heat waves —a majority of the shareholders in Costco*, one of the largest retailers in the world, voted yes on a shareholder proposal that calls on Costco to set “short, medium, and long-term science-based greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets” to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
New report: New York ranks 7th nationally for big box stores’ rooftop solar potential
Albany – Big box roofs have big solar potential in the Empire state, according to a new report from Environment New York Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group. Solar on Superstores: Big Roofs, Big Potential for Renewable Energy finds that the combined roofs of New York’s big box stores could generate roughly 3,280.2 gigawatt-hours of clean electricity each year. That would be equivalent to generating enough energy to power 308,000 average American homes, which ranks 7th in the country.
New Report: President Biden’s first year in office marks progress on numerous environmental fronts
Following years of rollbacks, President Joe Biden began his term nearly a year ago amidst unprecedented environmental and public health challenges. Despite these obstacles, his administration has made significant strides toward restoring lost environmental protections and confronting daunting threats to our climate and public health, according to a new report by Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund.
Statement: Biden Administration approves America’s second major offshore wind project
The South Fork Wind project received final approval on Wednesday from the Department of the Interior and was cleared to commence construction.
Statement: New York unveils important roadmap to significantly boost distributed solar by 2030
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new framework Friday that will get the state to more than10 gigawatts (GW) of distributed solar power by 2030. This would be enough energy to power 700,000 average homes.
New report: Reinstated ‘polluter pays’ taxes should speed up lagging toxic waste cleanup
WASHINGTON -- For more than 20 years, the federal government’s “Superfund” program aimed at cleaning up toxic waste sites has languished for lack of funding. The program was originally funded by a tax on the chemical and petroleum industries, but those “polluter pays” taxes expired in 1995. When President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure package (BIF) into law last month, a polluter pays tax was finally reinstated on chemical industries.
Groups issue new toolkit on lead in school’s drinking water
With the bipartisan infrastructure bill now signed into law, Environment America Research & Policy Center (Environment America's research partner) and U.S. PIRG Education Fund (PIRG's research partner) released a new toolkit for parents and community leaders on Tuesday on how to get the lead out of schools’ drinking water. The infrastructure bill includes $200 million for schools to conduct lead reduction efforts.
Groups issue new toolkit on lead in school’s drinking water
With the bipartisan infrastructure bill now signed into law, Environment America Research & Policy Center (Environment America's research partner) and U.S. PIRG Education Fund (PIRG's research partner) released a new toolkit for parents and community leaders on Tuesday on how to get the lead out of schools’ drinking water. The infrastructure bill includes $200 million for schools to conduct lead reduction efforts.
New report: New York among national leaders in electric vehicle adoption
New York ranks second in the nation for cumulative electric vehicle sales through 2020, according to a new report released today by Environment New York Research & Policy Center. Renewables on the Rise 2021: The rapid growth of renewables, electric vehicles and other building blocks of a clean energy future documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the U.S. over the past decade: solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and heat pumps.
New electric vehicle toolkit for New York local governments shows how to act locally on cleaning up transportation
As leaders from across the globe meet at the United Nations’ COP26 conference on climate change this week, Environment New York Research & Policy Center, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group are releasing a new report that shows how local governments in New York can pave the way for cleaner transportation through tools and policies that support the growing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).