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Clean Energy

League Endorses RECLAIM Act (Legal Document)

LWVUS sent a letter of support endorsing Senator Manchin’s Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM) Act to recover and reinvest in Appalachian communities. 

Celebrating 50 Years of Earth Day (Blog)

2020 marks 50 years of celebrating Earth Day, a day meant to generate action to protect the planet.

League joins over 600 Organizations urging support for bold climate action (Legal Document)

League urges Congress to propose bold legislation addressing climate change.

Trump Administration Announces Regulation to Replace the Clean Power Plan (Blog)

The Trump Administration announced their plan to gut the Obama Administration regulation that combats climate change by setting the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants.

League Comments on Proposed Repeal of EPA's Clean Power Plan (Legal Document)

LWVUS submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency with regard to their plan to repeal the Clean Power Plan.

EPA Accepting Comments on Plan to Repeal the Clean Power Plan (Blog)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it’s plan to move forward with the repeal of the Clean Power Plan, which would regulate the carbon pollution from existing power plants.

League Opposes Expansion of Offshore Drilling (Legal Document)

The League has joined with 132 organizations to state our opposition to the Trump Administration's plan for expansion of offshore drilling—which brings unacceptable risks to our oceans, coastal reside

League Thanks President Obama for Protecting Arctic and Atlantic Oceans (Legal Document)

The League joined partners on a letter to President Obama thanking him for taking historic action to protect the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans from offshore drilling.

League Opposes H.Con.Res 89 (Legal Document)

The League joined coalition partners on a letter calling for members of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose H.Con.Res 89.

EPA’s Clean Power Plan Continues to be Tested (Blog)

Despite the stay on implementation of the Clean Power Plan, some states are moving forward to develop state plans to implement the regulation in their own jurisdictions. The LWVUS Climate Change task force has developed a working guide for those wishing to get involved at the state level.