The Illinois General Assembly is reconvening for an emergency session in Springfield next week just as Cook County becomes the new COVID-19 epicenter, surpassing Queens, NY for the most cases in the nation. It is a particularly grim moment—but as…
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Nanette Barragán (D-CA) introduced legislation today—the Resources for Workforce Investments, not Drilling Act (ReWIND)—that would limit access of fossil fuel companies to federal bailouts that respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cities are facing debilitating revenue shortfalls because of COVID-19, leaving them unable to administer basic services let alone maintain the front line battle against climate change. Congress must provide direct relief.
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting an even greater strain on tenants and building owners this month, implementing emergency rental assistance programs can provide relief.
President is attempting to trample over state decisions intended to improve worker safety while responding to outbreaks of COVID-19 at many slaughterhouses.
The Trump administration seems not to care that we are headed toward climate catastrophe with carbon dioxide pollution driving global average temperatures up some 6 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and rendering places that hundreds of millions of people call home virtually…
The COVID-19 pandemic’s unprecedented scale of economic, health, and social impacts in the United States has challenged traditional disaster management, requiring unconventional application of federal disaster laws.
There is renewed resolve for essential environmental protections to help us emerge from the COVID-19 crisis a more resilient society that grows jobs, safeguards public health, and protects our climate and the air we breathe.
As millions across the country spend long days indoors during the pandemic, it is more critical than ever to promote healthier, energy efficient homes with safer weatherization materials under federal programs.
All sectors of the U.S. economy have been pummeled by the COVID-19 pandemic, making it critical to support all those whose jobs have been affected, such as by including worker protections in federal stimulus packages.
