News Release | Environment California Research & Policy Center

California Rooftop Solar Hits 1.5 Gigawatt Milestone

Today, California officials announced that over 1.5 gigawatts of solar power have been installed on rooftops throughout the state. This is roughly the equivalent of three medium-sized coal-fired power plants.

News Release | Environment America

405 LOCAL ELECTED LEADERS, OUTDOORS BUSINESSES AND CONSERVATION GROUPS CALL ON PRESIDENT OBAMA TO PROTECT NATION’S PARKS

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Environment America and 404 other groups released a letter to President Obama calling for lasting protections for our nation’s parks from drilling, mining, overdevelopment, and underfunding. 

News Release | Environment America

Environment America Applauds Nomination of Gina McCarthy for EPA Administrator

Washington, D.C. — Later today, President Obama is expected to nominate Gina McCarthy for the next administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, replacing outgoing Administrator Lisa Jackson. McCarthy is currently the assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation at the EPA, and previously held top environmental positions in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Margie Alt, executive director for Environment America, issued the following statement in response:

News Release | Environment America

Energy Nominee Should Follow President’s Call for More Renewable Energy and Cutting Global Warming Pollution

Washington, D.C. – Later today President Obama is expected to nominate Ernest Moniz to be the next U.S. Secretary of Energy. Environment America’s federal clean energy advocate Courtney Abrams issued the following statement:

News Release | Environment America

State Department Report on Keystone Understates Global Warming Threat

Washington, D.C. -- The State Department today issued a revised environmental assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline project. Environment America’s Get Off Oil Program Director Daniel Gatti issued this statement in response:

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