Tag: climate pollution
New state-of-the-art aluminum smelter to increase aluminum production and cut emissions
The Green Aluminum Smelter project, led by Century Aluminum Company, will have the ability to emit 75 percent less climate pollution than the existing aluminum production facilities.
EPA announces selected applicants for CPRG Implementation Grants to help fight...
The grants will go to state, local, and regional entities fighting climate pollution across different sectors, many focusing on clean transportation projects.
Landmark inquiry in Philippines backs accountability for ‘climate-polluting’ corporations
"We enjoin all Filipinos to stand up for climate and environmental justice, and ensure our elected officials in the next administration take this to heart."
Indigenous resistance blocked 400 coal plants’ worth of climate pollution
"It backs up what we've constantly been saying recognizing Indigenous rights protects the water, protects the land, and protects our futures."
House passes resolution that reinstates EPA’s methane pollution safeguards
A new report by the UN Environment Program confirmed that cutting methane pollution from both new and existing oil and gas operations is vital in tackling the climate crisis.
Biden plans to cut U.S. climate pollution in half by 2030
“We cannot preach temperance from a barstool and not pay our fair share when approximately 40% of all the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is red, white and blue.”
Tens of millions in PPP loans went to corporate polluters after...
Tens of millions of dollars went to companies with environmental mishaps.
Climate deniers argue carbon pollution is beneficial, again take aim at...
Opponents of climate action are publishing flawed studies in scientific journals to support false claims that align with the fossil fuel industry’s deregulatory agenda.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.