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DOE & EPA Award $850 Million to Projects to Cut Methane Pollution from Oil and Gas Industry

Washington, DC - Today, the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency announced $850 million in funding to reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas industry through the…

DOE Releases Updated LNG Export Studies Underpinning Public Interest Determination

Washington, DC - Nearly a year after the historic decision by President Biden and Department of Energy Secretary Granholm to pause consideration of new and pending liquefied methane gas, known…

Groups Respond to FERC Order to Set Aside Approval of CP2 LNG

Washington, DC - Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order setting aside its approval of the massive CP2 LNG export facility in order to update the project’s cumulative…

New Report: Tax Handouts to Wealthy LNG Developers Deprive Communities of Needed Funds

Washington, DC - A new report details the extent to which the export industry for liquefied methane gas, known as LNG, benefits from billions of dollars in tax breaks, also called tax abatements…

Sierra Club Reaction: Trump Floats Plan to Revive Keystone XL Pipeline

Washington, DC - A report from Politico today indicates that President-elect Trump would attempt to resurrect the long-dead Keystone XL pipeline project, despite the decade-plus-long fight…

HUD Announces Latest Funding Round for Green and Resilient Retrofit Program

Washington, DC - Today, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the final round of funding for the Inflation Reduction Act’s Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP…

New Tenant Protection Primer Lays Out Policies to Ensure Decarbonization Efforts are Fair and Equitable

Washington, DC - A new policy primer, released today by Sierra Club and Climate and Community Institute, lays out why and how decision-makers at the local, state, and federal level can…

SCOTUS Upholds EPA’s Commonsense Efforts to Curb Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas Industry

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the United States Supreme Court rejected an effort by industry polluters and their political allies to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) comprehensive…

Groups File Petition for Review Challenging FERC’s Flawed Approval of CP2 LNG

Washington, DC - Today, Gulf Coast and environmental groups filed petitions for review challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of Venture Global’s proposed CP2 LNG. In a 2-1…

New research from Greenpeace USA and Sierra Club links air pollution from LNG terminals to major public health costs

Washington, DC– A new analysis, Permit to Kill, released today by the Sierra Club and Greenpeace USA shows that permitted emissions from both currently operating and planned LNG terminals…