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UN General Assembly Reinforces Accountability for Climate Polluters

Press ReleaseNew York, International
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution yesterday affirming the International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have an obligation to reduce carbon pollution within their borders and are legally responsible to live up to climate pledges, while reducing…
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How Solar Will Keep the ACs Humming This Summer: Key Takeaways from NERC’s Summer Assessment

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesChristy Walsh, Dr. Yamit Lavi
New, clean energy is critical to keeping the lights on and air conditioners humming.
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States Can Act Now to Create Workplace Heat Standards

BackgrounderUnited StatesJuanita Constible
There are several pathways to heat standards, which vary by the different buckets of state plan states and territories.

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President Trump Silences Public to Help Polluters

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Trump administration is set to issue rules today that could curtail the public’s right to have a say in the pipelines, highways, incinerators, and other government-approved projects that will define their neighborhoods for decades to come.

Richmond Removes Symbols of Racial Injustice

Press ReleaseRichmond (Virginia)
Confederate statues, at long last, are being removed from Monument Avenue in the city of Richmond, ending public display of symbols of racial injustice.

High Court Protections for Dreamers Affirm Core American Values

Press ReleaseUnited States
In a victory for just and equitable immigration policy, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Trump administration effort to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which provides needed protections for undocumented immigrants who came to this country as children…

NYS Legislature Passes Historic Series of Police Reforms

Press ReleaseNew York
Amid ongoing demands for justice, New York lawmakers passed a package of police reforms that aims to disrupt ways in which law enforcement misuses its power against Black communities, and helps break the patterns of systemic violence. The legislation repeals…

House Bill Advances Crucial Transportation Changes

Press ReleaseUnited States
The House Transportation and Infrastructure committee introduced a landmark transportation reauthorization bill today that would help all communities benefit from just investments in many forms of transportation while helping to transition our country to a lower-carbon future

EPA Slashes State and Tribal Clean Water Rights

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a regulation today that undermines states’ and tribes’ authority to protect clean water within their borders, a change that would help fossil-fuel companies and developers to the detriment of the rest of us.

Southeast Side Groups React To General Iron Incident

Press ReleaseChicago
A coalition of community groups fighting the relocation of a controversial metal shredding operation from the North Side of Chicago to the Southeast Side of the city had a very simple reaction to the explosions that rocked the General Iron facility earlier today:  “Don’t…

NRDC Sues EPA Over Senseless, Wasteful HFC Rollback

Press ReleaseUnited States
NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) today sued the Environmental Protection Agency for eliminating leak prevention and repair requirements for hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, the powerful heat-trapping pollutants used in commercial and industrial refrigeration.

Groups Sue EPA Over Free Pass for Polluters Amid Pandemic

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and partners today sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the agency’s recently announced non-enforcement policy, which allows companies to use COVID-19 as a reason to stop monitoring and reporting pollution—without notifying the…

Court Restores Limits on Climate-Polluting HFCs

Press ReleaseUnited States
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today ruled that the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency acted illegally in suspending the agency’s limits on the uses of super climate-polluting hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The court restored a prohibition on switching…

EEFA Issues Pandemic Response Guidance for Under-Resourced Communities

Press ReleaseUnited States
With under-resourced communities facing severe short- and long-term impacts from the COVID-19 crisis, the Energy Efficiency for All (EEFA) project today released Pandemic Response Guidance to highlight recommended actions for local and state policymakers to take for protection against utility…

Groups Petition EPA Over Reckless Non-Enforcement Policy

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency must issue an emergency rule protecting public health following its recent non-enforcement policy that encourages industries to stop monitoring and reporting pollution in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a petition filed today by…

House Adds Momentum to Phase Down of Climate-harming HFCs

Press ReleaseUnited States
A bipartisan group House lawmakers have introduced the "American Innovation and Manufacturing Leadership Act," which adds momentum to a bipartisan drive in Congress to phase down the use of climate-harming hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) and transition to safer alternatives for cooling systems.