We’re on a Roll, but We Can’t Let Up!
January 23, 2012We’re on a Roll, but We Can’t Let Up! Last week was big for climate champs. It doesn’t seem like all that long ago when Keystone XL was deemed a noble fight few thought we’d win. Yet, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard the good news: the pipeline application has been denied.... Read more of this article
Clean Air Act Digest, 1.20.12
UPDATES Congressional Update: The House was back in session this week; the Senate will convene next week. As you’ll recall, before the holidays both chambers passed a temporary payroll tax cut extension bill through the end of February. For more information see Frances Beinecke’s Blog. In the midst of the negotiations at the end of the... Read more of this article
Resolution 2012: Focus on Positive Energy, Hotline 1.9.12
Resolution 2012: Focus on Positive Energy January 9, 2012 Writing the first Hotline of the new year has its challenges. Do I focus on the multitude of disasters and climate-related economic loss from 2011? The “wacky” weather we continue to experience as our winter swings from balmy to frigid nearly every week? What about the latest... Read more of this article
Clean Air Act Digest, 12.21.11
UPDATES Administration Update: Mercury and Air Toxics Rule After decades of industry-induced delay, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued limits on the toxic soup of emissions spewed from coal-fired power plants. The Mercury and Air Toxics rule unveiled by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is a critical update to the Clean Air Act that... Read more of this article
Good News with the Bad, Hotline 12.19.11
December 19, 2011 Good News with the Bad The good new is that House and Senate finally passed the more than $1 trillion dollar omnibus spending bill Thursday night and most of the egregious attacks on public health and the environment were left out. However, there were some notable dirty riders such as a step backward... Read more of this article
Clean Air Act Digest, 12.16.11
UPDATES Administration: Next week we expect the Administration to announce life-saving standards that will curb mercury and other toxic air pollution from power plants. These new measures will save up to 17,000 lives every year and will prevent 11,000 heart attacks. This is a huge victory for the clean air community. Please take this opportunity... Read more of this article
Durban Climate Talks End with a New Deal, Hotline 12.12.11
December 12, 2011 Durban Climate Talks End with a New Deal The COP 17 climate talks in Durban ended on Sunday December 11th, making it the longest COP in the history of the UN climate talks. Delegates worked into the wee hours of Sunday to broker a deal that renewed the Kyoto Protocol and set into motion a Durban... Read more of this article
Clean Air Act Digest 12.9.11
UPDATES Administration: On Friday, December 2, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed changes to air toxic standards for boilers and incinerators that were issued in March 2011. According to EPA, the changes will maintain the rule’s public health benefits – significant reductions in toxic air pollutants, including mercury and... Read more of this article
Raising the Stakes in Durban, Hotline 12.5.11
December 5, 2011 Raising the Stakes in Durban Last Wednesday, leaders of sixteen major nonprofit organizations sent a letter to Secretary of State Clinton expressing concerns that U.S. negotiators are blocking progress at the COP17 climate talks in Durban, South Africa. Signers of the letter included: Center for... Read more of this article
Dispatches from Durban: How do you spell “climate negotiations”?
Please join US CAN in welcoming our new Outreach Director, Justin(J.P.)Leous. J.P. arrived in Durban yesterday and will be actively engaged with members and friends. J.P. has extensive experience with community organizing, climate policy and non-profit management. J.P. comes to USCAN from The Wilderness Society where he covered a range of climate-related... Read more of this article
Durban Climate Talks Begin, Hotline 11.29.11
November 29, 2011 Durban Climate Talks Begin Yesterday, the 17th Conference of Parties (COP 17) to the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began in Durban, South Africa. The UN Climate Talks will span two weeks and include delegates from 194 countries but also hundreds of public interest... Read more of this article
Report Released and Impacts Leading Up to Durban, Hotline 11.21.11
Report Released and Impacts Leading Up to Durban November 21, 2011 One week from now, more than 190 nations will gather in Durban, South Africa for this year’s United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 17th Conference of Parties (COP) in Durban, South Africa. The conference is expected to be a critical... Read more of this article
Owning Up: Taking Responsibility Before Durban, Climate Action Hotline 11.14.11
Owning Up: Taking Responsibility Before Durban November 14, 2011 As we paid tribute to our Armed Forces this week, the climate community celebrated an extraordinary victory for the health, safety and security of this country’s future; a future that America’s men and women in the military fight to protect every day,... Read more of this article
Fighting for a Better Future, Climate Action Hotline 11.7.11
Fighting for a Better Future November 7, 2011 “YES WE CAN!” chanted a huge crowd in Lafayette Park in front of the White House as President Obama’s motorcade passed by Sunday evening. This symbolic gesture was a great conclusion to the momentous collaborative action that had just occurred. Only minutes before, approximately... Read more of this article
Clean Air Act Digest, 11.4.11
UPDATES SENATE: Pro-Pollution Plan S. 1786: On Thursday, Senator Hatch introduced S. 1786, a pro-pollution plan that would block the EPA’s ability to clean-up life-threatening toxic air pollution. This bill is part of an extreme, ideological agenda that will cost lives. The bill included the REINS Act (S. 299), the bill also included a radical... Read more of this article
There Is No Hope, But We Might Be Wrong, Climate Action Hotline 10.31.11
There Is No Hope, But We Might Be Wrong. October 31, 2011 We should put each month’s climate and energy news into time capsules so that future visitors to the planet can make sense of who did and didn’t try to save the place. Here’s a summary for October. Chevron Corp. announced that its third-quarter earnings more than... Read more of this article
Clean Air Act Digest, 10.21.11
UPDATES HOUSE: More rollbacks of the Clean Air Act: Late last week the House continued to undo public health protections by passing the “EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011″ (H.R. 2250), legislation that will rollback standards to limit mercury and other air toxics from boilers and incinerators. The bill forbids EPA from issuing final standards... Read more of this article
Global Business Leaders Push for More Action on Climate Change, Climate Action Hotline 10.24.11
October 24, 2011 Global Business Leaders Push for More Action on Climate Change In a statement released early last week, a group of the world’s largest investors, representing over $20 trillion in assets worldwide stressed the urgent need for policies that would stimulate private sector investment, create jobs and ensure... Read more of this article
The Case for Clean Energy and Clean Air, Climate Action Hotline 10.17.11
October 17, 2011 The Case for Clean Energy and Clean Air Last week the World Resources Institute released a new brief, Climate Science 2009-2010: Major New Discoveries, a periodic review of the state of play climate change science. The brief highlights several key findings including: the decade from 2000 to 2009 was the... Read more of this article
Broad Support for a Strong EPA and Other Hot Pubs
Member Reports: Water Works: Green for All, in partnership with the Economic Policy Institute, Pacific Institute and American Rivers, published a new report this month estimating the economic impact and job creating potential of major new investment in US water infrastructure. Water Works: Rebuilding Infrastructure, Creating Jobs, Greening the Environment... Read more of this article
