Media Statements
Statement: Biden administration reins in deadly air pollution
New limits on soot will save thousands of lives
Refrigerator standards set to cut energy waste
New efficiency rules will take effect 2029
Statement: Lease sale held in endangered Rice’s whale habitat
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 offers up millions of acres of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration.
Biden administration announces plan to protect old-growth forests
Most U.S. old-growth forests have been logged, many of oldest remaining trees open to logging
Statement: Fed govt. approves nation’s largest wind farm off Virginia’s coast
The U.S. Department of the Interior approved Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The 176 turbines are expected to produce enough electricity to power 660,000 homes.
Statement: Five more years of offshore drilling
Smallest oil leasing program ever starts to acknowledge new reality: No need to risk oceans for more oil
Statement: President Biden vetoes measures that stripped protections for wildlife
Statement: President Biden vetoes measures to nullify protections for vulnerable species