Press Releases

January 23, 2024

Analysis reveals pensions failing to protect beneficiaries from climate-related financial risk

January 19, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Department of Energy (DOE) issued proposed guidance that will allow taxpayers and manufacturers to access the benefits of electric vehicle charging tax incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

January 18, 2024

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Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s proposed 32-mile Cumberland Pipeline. The decision to give the green light to this dangerous methane gas pipeline project ignores the significant and long-lasting damage it will do to the climate, utility customers, and Tennessee communities.  

January 18, 2024

Many electric utilities are not factoring federal incentives for clean energy available through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into their plans for the future, according to a new Sierra Club memo.

January 17, 2024

Detroit, MI – The Sierra Club filed a brief in its lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) unlawful approval of Michigan’s request to move the Detroit area from nonattainment to attainment for ground-level ozone pollution.

January 16, 2024

ALBANY, NY -- Today, Governor Kathy Hochul announced her $233 billion FY 2025 budget, which includes a $400 million Environmental Protection Fund, a $250 million clean water infrastructure commitment, a $47 million fund to plant 25 million trees by 2033, a $200 million state park infrastructure grant, a $50 million commitment to energy affordability through the +Empower program, the Affordable Gas Transition Act, the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment (RAPID) and other Energy and Environment proposals. Many of these allocations represent reductions to environmental funding from last year’s budget or contain offloads to program funding.

January 16, 2024

Washington, DC - Today, more than forty environmental and advocacy groups from around the globe, including Evergreen Action, Sierra Club, Environmental Action Germany, and Public Citizen sent letters to the CEOs of Volvo Group and Daimler Truck calling on them to stop their attempts to hinder clean trucks and clean air progress in the US.

January 16, 2024

The recently introduced House Outdoor Recreation package, Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act, co-sponsored by Reps. Bruce Westerman and RaĂşl Grijalva, is a bipartisan win for outdoor access. The House will engage in markups for the bill tomorrow.

January 12, 2024

Salt Lake City, UT – In a win for west side students, community members, and clean air advocates, this Tuesday, the Guadalupe School was awarded funding for four electric school buses as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda. The new buses will replace the school’s current diesel fleet, reducing school bus emissions and pollution in the surrounding neighborhoods where t

January 12, 2024

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency opened the rulemaking for its Waste Emissions Charge regulation, designed to achieve important methane pollution reductions from the oil and gas industry as quickly as possible. The charge is a component of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program established through the Inflation Reduction Act. The announcement will now kick off a 60-day comment period.