US greenlights major transmission line for renewable energy in Western states
The Bureau of Land Management has approved nearly three dozen renewable energy and grid improvement projects since 2021.
By Associated Press - May 21, 2023The Bureau of Land Management has approved nearly three dozen renewable energy and grid improvement projects since 2021.
By Associated Press - May 21, 2023The Union of Concerned Scientists calls wind ‘one of the cleanest and most sustainable ways to generate electricity.’
By Josh Israel - March 29, 2023Fossil fuel companies have thrown their support behind the Lower Energy Costs Act.
By Josh Israel - March 28, 2023President Biden ‘vetoed the bill because it jeopardizes the hard-earned life savings of cops, firefighters, teachers, and other workers,’ said the White House.
By Associated Press - March 21, 2023The state Legislature should serve all Wisconsinites by supporting key programs in Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed budget.
By TAI Contributor - March 10, 2023Donald Trump’s administration had tried to open old-growth forests in Alaska and Minnesota to logging and mining.
By Oliver Willis - January 30, 2023Arkansas Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman has voted against the environment 96% of the time, according to the League of Conservation Voters.
By Josh Israel - January 12, 2023USPS will increase the number of electric-powered trucks in its fleet and, starting in 2026, only purchase electric vehicles.
By Associated Press - December 24, 2022The Biden administration continues investing in production of electric vehicle parts within the United States, and this time it includes a plant of newly unionized workers in Ohio.
By Oliver Willis - December 13, 2022Former President Donald Trump’s administration dismantled EPA regulations, postponed meaningful progress on emissions reduction and mainstreamed climate denial.
By Adrian Cole - November 17, 2022New York Republican Mike Lawler is pushing for more fossil fuel production in the face of climate change.
By Josh Israel - October 31, 2022The Biden administration can take action now to curb methane pollution, a major driver of global warming.
By TAI Contributor - October 24, 2022Funds allocated under the Inflation Reduction Act will be used to combat drought conditions in Southwestern states.
By Oliver Willis - October 14, 2022The EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, funded thanks to the Biden-backed Inflation Reduction Act, has already earned praise from climate advocates.
By Oliver Willis - September 26, 2022Changing climate, invasive species and pollution are threatening the wild rice plant harvested as a sacred food by Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
By Associated Press - September 25, 2022The United States is projected to invest $514 billion in climate technology and green energy as a result of laws signed by President Joe Biden.
By Oliver Willis - August 24, 2022The Inflation Reduction Act passed on Friday on a party-line vote.
By Josh Israel - August 15, 2022Climate activist and former Vice President Al Gore stressed that the funding in the bill would be vital to fighting climate change.
By Oliver Willis - August 01, 2022Experts say planting trees and protecting old-growth forests are necessary parts of the fight against global climate change.
By Oliver Willis - July 27, 2022The Department of Energy projects that the building code modernization efforts could cut energy costs by as much as $138 billion over the next 30 years.
By Oliver Willis - July 25, 2022Black children and families are more likely than white families to suffer from the effects of lead poisoning.
By Oliver Willis - June 17, 2022United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that ‘fossil fuel producers and financiers have humanity by the throat.’
By Associated Press - June 17, 2022Large oil companies took in over $22 billion in profits in the first quarter of 2022 as gas prices have soared.
By Oliver Willis - June 15, 2022The Natural Resources Defense Council said new efficiency standards for furnaces ‘will significantly lower energy bills each year and slash dangerous climate-warming emissions across the nation.’
By Oliver Willis - June 13, 2022President Joe Biden is using the Defense Production Act to boost the domestic manufacture of solar panels and other clean energy components.
By Oliver Willis - June 06, 2022$154 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be used to improve water infrastructure for Native American tribes and Alaska Native villages.
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2022The new allocation includes federal aid to cap 18 orphaned wells in the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania.
By Oliver Willis - May 26, 2022Diesel pollution has been associated with cardiac and respiratory illnesses as well as greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
By Oliver Willis - May 24, 2022President Joe Biden’s policy on lightbulbs is projected to save consumers $3 billion per year.
By Oliver Willis - April 26, 2022Climate experts say forests play a vital role in capturing carbon gases that contribute to climate change.
By Oliver Willis - April 22, 2022