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Senate Dems To Nullify Trump Methane Rollbacks With CRA

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Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:56:15 +0000

Senate Democrats plan to nullify the Trump administration’s rollbacks of methane regulations via the Congressional Review Act. The relatively obscure process will reinstate the Obama administration’s methane leak detection and flaring regulations with a simple majority vote in the Senate — far more quickly than the Biden administration would be able to enact new safeguards through […]

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Some Car Companies Want To Throw America Under The Bus — Again!

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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:40:12 +0000

Some major car companies are still trying to limit US exhaust emissions rules. Why buy cars from them?

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Coal Projected To Exit US Electricity By 2033. Trump Might Have Killed It.

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:45:22 +0000

In 2019, the Navajo Generating Station closed. Decades earlier, it was blamed for hazing up the views of the Grand Canyon, and causing other environmental ills. While they worked to clean up the plant’s emissions, it still became a posterchild for the ills of coal power generation and even pollution in general. The beautiful desert […]

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Ask a Scientist: Electric Vehicles are the Cleanest Option Today

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Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 04:09:37 +0000

Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Elliott Negin There has been a spike in good news recently when it comes to the future of electric vehicles (EVs). That’s encouraging, given the transportation sector is now the largest source of US carbon emissions and vehicles are the main culprits. Late last month, President Biden signed an […]

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Hate crimes increasingly target Asians in America

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:20:01 +0000

The Covid-19 pandemic is apparently not the only malady gripping the United States these days. There is also hate. US media recently reported an alarming increase of hate crimes committed against Asians and Asian Americans. These reports follow nearly a year’s worth of news about Black Lives Matter protests against the deaths of Breonna Taylor […]

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5 Ideas For How President Biden Can Help Increase US EV Sales

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Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 03:44:41 +0000

President Biden aims to help Tesla, GM, Ford, and other automakers sell more electric vehicles (EVs), which is crucial if we want to reduce the impact of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere

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President Biden Taking Action to Restore Balance on Public Lands & Waters, Invest in Clean Energy Future

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Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:30:36 +0000

President Joe Biden will sign an Executive Order today that will help restore balance on public lands and waters, create jobs, and provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals

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