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NEW JOBS NUMBERS: President Biden’s Clean Energy Plan Has Helped Create Over 271,000 Clean Energy Jobs
March 5, 2024
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Nuevas normas del Presidente Biden protegen y restauran el aire y el agua, mientras responsabilizan a los contaminadores
Las nuevas normas reducen la contaminación de las plantas eléctricas suministradas por combustibles fósiles, garantizando la protección de todas las comunidades y mejorando la salud pública. WASHINGTON — Hoy, la administración Biden-Harris anunció una serie de normas para reducir drásticamente la contaminación por carbono, cenizas de carbón, mercurio, aguas residuales y otros contaminantes tóxicos de […]
April 25, 2024
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President Biden’s New Standards Hold Polluters Accountable, Cleaning Up Air and Water
In response to the Biden-Harris administration finalizing several major new pollution standards for power plants, including landmark carbon pollution standards for existing coal plants and new gas plants and other toxic pollutants, Climate Power executive director Lori Lodes issued the following statement:
April 25, 2024
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DIRTY MONEY: Big Oil Spilled Four Million Gallons of Pollutants While Raking in Billions
While 4,466,498 Gallons of Oil, Fuel, and Harmful Substances Were Spilled – Big Oil Raked in $152 Billion in Profits
April 23, 2024
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Biden es el presidente que más ha hecho para combatir el cambio climático en toda la historia de Estados Unidos
El presidente Biden está protegiendo las tierras públicas, creando oportunidades para los jóvenes estadounidenses y haciendo que el aire y agua sean más limpios. Trump amenaza con revertir el progreso contra el cambio climático, dio miles de millones en beneficios fiscales a los ejecutivos de las grandes petroleras que financian su campaña. Washington—Este Día de […]
April 22, 2024
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Climate GOAT: President Biden is the Most Accomplished Climate President in History
President Biden is protecting public lands, creating opportunities for young Americans, and making our air and water cleaner Trump threatens to reverse progress on climate, gave billions in tax breaks to the Big Oil CEOs funding his campaign Washington, D.C. – This Earth Day, our planet and our country are better off thanks to President […]
April 22, 2024
Trump’s Project 2025: A Dream for Polluters and Nightmare for America
Washington, D.C. - New reporting on Donald Trump’s private comments to the Big Oil donors propping up his campaign and paying his legal bills underscores how Project 2025 previews what a second term under Donald Trump would look like: he will double down on his extreme and dangerous first-term record that literally put the oil and gas industry in charge.
April 17, 2024
TRUMP’S PROJECT 2025 | A Dream for Polluters and Nightmare for America
Project 2025 is a frightening encapsulation of Donald Trump’s plans for a second term. Project 2025 was literally written by the oil and gas industry. Project 2025 is an extreme effort by Trump and his allies to reverse President Biden’s historic climate actions, eliminate the clean energy plan, and gut the government’s ability to protect […]
April 17, 2024
Georgia Public Service Commission Votes to Increase Use of Fossil Fuels Amid Clean Energy Boom, Threatening Clean Energy Economy in Georgia
Atlanta, GA — Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to approve Georgia Power’s Integrated Resource Plan, which includes three brand new turbines to be powered with oil and natural gas. The plan also includes funding to keep coal-fired power plants open until 2035, instead of closing them by 2028 as originally planned. This […]
April 16, 2024
ICYMI: Bloomberg, “Trump’s Fundraising Shows Reliance on Oil Sector, Wealthy Donors”
Washington, D.C. – Bloomberg reporting shows a significant portion of Donald Trump’s fundraising came from Big Oil donors.
April 16, 2024
ICYMI: Trump Courts Big Oil CEOs at Mar-a-Lago While Biden Holds Big Oil Accountable
Washington, D.C. — Last week, The Washington Post reported that Donald Trump hosted a private dinner at Mar-a-Lago with America’s biggest oil and gas executives, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, Chesapeake Energy, and Occidental Petroleum, in the hopes of courting more oil and gas donations.
April 15, 2024