Elected leaders in Congress are failing us. More than 100 million Americans are under excessive heat warmings this weekend, and they can’t get it together to agree that the climate emergency is an emergency, let alone to pass the kind of bold, sweeping policy we need. And here’s the thing, for all our good work …
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October 31, 2022 Update: All this year we’ve been campaigning to get President Biden and Congress to support a windfall profits tax on Big oil. Well, today he came out and said it! This is the leadership we need to take on Big Oil’s price gouging and corporate greed. A windfall profits tax would help …
We told you a few weeks ago about the crazy, disaster-prone plan by New Fortress Energy to build a massive fracked gas export terminal off the coast of Louisiana, right in the heart of an environmental justice community and a likely spot for a hurricane.To be able to export the gas, New Fortress is also …
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** Good News Update ** After hammering them with more than 5,000 comments and emails, FERC has agreed to extend the comment period on MVP’s extension request (a little) to July 29. This means we have two more weeks to keep gathering comments before we need to deliver. Here’s how to help with the new …
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Red alert: the Biden administration is about to open more public lands and waters to new fossil fuel extraction. Biden has been at meeting of the world’s 7 biggest economies today (the G7). But the US, EU, and other big rich countries are all actively backing away from their commitments to act on climate change …
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Last week there was an explosion at a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Freeport, TX. The owners of the plant reported that nobody was injured, but there was a huge fireball in the sky and local authorities are not sharing much information about what happened or what chemicals and pollution might have been released …
Read more “From the Gulf, to DC, to Europe: Join the moral call to stop war and warming”
Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced that he will use the Defense Production Act to expand production of US solar panels, heat pumps, and other clean energy and heating tools. In announcing the actions, the White House said “With a stronger clean energy arsenal, the United States can be an even stronger partner to our allies, …
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Why is the Biden administration letting one small California company bring down the entire US solar industry? That’s what we, and a lot of other people, want to know. Here’s the scoop: Earlier this year a small solar panel maker in California, Auxin Solar, sent a complaint to the U.S. Department of Commerce claiming that …
For a long time, 198 methods has been dedicated to saving all we love about the Gulf coast: The environment, the culture and music, and most of all the people of the US’ too-often overlooked third coast. Make no mistake, the fossil fuel industry is working overtime to destroy everything we hold dear. They’re in …
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​Greedy companies are using a loophole in federal law called Nationwide Permit (NWP) 12 to ram through fossil fuel pipelines and other infrastructure at the cost of our climate and communities. But thanks to an executive order from President Biden regarding environmental justice, climate change and drinking water, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) …
Read more “Tell President Biden: Close the Nationwide Permit loophole. No more pipelines!”