WASHINGTON –The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada today unveiled an array of new commitments to combat climate change and speed our transition to renewable sources of energy.
RICHMOND – Governor Terry McAuliffe today formally assigned the state Secretary of Natural Resources to lead a state plan to reduce carbon pollution and increase clean energy.
The California State Lands Commission took a vote today that will help clear the path for the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant to be closed within nine years and its electricity generation replaced with all non-polluting resources – the world’s first…
WASHINGTON—More than 18 million Americans got their drinking water from systems with lead violations in 2015, according to a groundbreaking Natural Resources Defense Council report. The problem could be significantly more pervasive because many more water systems known to have…
WASHINGTON (June 28, 2016) – In a settlement agreement announced today, Volkswagen agreed to pay up to $10 billion to remove polluting vehicles from the road, $2.7 billion to remedy pollution, and $2 billion to invest in zero-emission vehicle infrastructure…
ReportUnited States, Michigan, FlintErik D. Olson, Kristi Pullen Fedinick
The devastating lead contamination of the tap water in Flint, Michigan highlights potentially disastrous gaps in the provision of safe drinking water to all Americans—especially the most vulnerable.
A new renewable energy plant in the northeast of Scotland is set to deliver green heat to a local distillery, fueled by local forestry residue. The project is an example of how the United Kingdom can cut costs and carbon…
WASHINGTON –The White House said today that President Obama intends to set ambitious new goals for how we generate electricity that will help us combat dangerous climate change.
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