Every week, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we're covering national monument expansions, lead pipe removal, advancements in clean energy permitting, offshore wind leases, and California's renewable milestone.

In response to EPA’s announcement regarding new carbon pollution standards for coal fired and new natural gas power plants, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), Steam Electric Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELG’s), and Coal Combustion Residuals (coal ash), the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the following statement from President of League of Conservation Voters, Gene Karpinski

— In response to the Biden-Harris administration’s launch of “The America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge: A Partnership to Conserve and Restore America’s Rivers, Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands,” the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the following statement from LCV Healthy Communities Program Director Madeleine Foote:

A look at the Capitol Hill origins of Earth Day (and LCV) in 1970, and the abundance of federal climate action wins we’re celebrating today. From climate justice, to clean energy and transportation, to prioritizing healthy communities and conservation over polluters, the Biden-Harris administration is leading the way on climate progress.

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover new rules to cut air and water pollution, an offshore wind transmission plan, protections for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and emissions reductions in the EU.