Hartford, CT -- Today, the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection released the latest data on greenhouse gas emissions in the state. The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows that Connecticut is not on track to meet the state’s statutorily required reduction of emissions 45 and 80 percent below 2001 levels by 2030 and 2050, respectively.
Washington D.C. — Sierra Club is among 52 health, faith, environmental, and industry groups who are calling on Congressman Neal to go bold on incentivizing a just transition to a clean energy economy. As Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Neal will soon be marking up legislation in his committee and has the power to ensure that the historic $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill includes the strongest clean energy incentives possible.
Today, a settlement agreement was filed between Madison Gas and Electric Company (MGE), Sierra Club, Clean Wisconsin, Citizens Utility Board, RENEW Wisconsin, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, and Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group in the utility’s rate case.
Una Corte Suprema profundamente dividida anoche ignoró su propia jurisprudencia y socavó los derechos constitucionales de millones de personas al rechazar el bloqueo de la prohibición del aborto en Texas (S.B. 8).
A regional coalition of conservation groups commented on PacifiCorp’s 2021 Integrated Resource Plan that was filed today in the six states the utility serves, highlighting the plan’s failure to meet the recommendations of global scientists to transition away from all fossil fuels, as the utility intends to keep coal and gas generation in its resource mix well into the 2040s.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Late last night, a narrowly divided Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ignored its precedent and undermined the Constitutional rights of millions of people by declining to block Texas’ abortion ban (S.B. 8). S.B. 8, which took effect Tuesday, bans abortion care after six weeks of pregnancy, making it all but impossible for millions of Texans to receive essential healthcare. S.B. 8 is the most restrictive abortion law in the nation and it also incentivizes private individuals to file lawsuits against anyone they believe is either providing abortion care or assisting someone in accessing an abortion.
HARRISBURG - Today, Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission voted 3-2 to approve a regulation that will put the first ever declining limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution from Pennsylvania power plants and allow the Commonwealth to link to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). This is the last major administrative action required to implement the regulation, which will take effect following publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The earliest date Pennsylvania could formally participate in RGGI is January 1, 2022.
CARSON CITY, NEVADA – Today, Nevada's State Environmental Commission unanimously approved new state “clean car standards” that would slash pollution from transportation, marking the latest step in the state’s process to establish regulations that have been adopted by over a dozen other states and the District of Columbia. The standards will require new cars sold in the state to emit less climate-disrupting pollution and also increase the availability and sales of zero-emission cars. Next, the standards will move to the Legislative Commission for approval.
Los Angeles celebrates the approval of plans to transition to 100% clean energy by 2035 and ensure good jobs for the new clean energy economy.
Boston — Sierra Club is calling on Congressman Neal to go bold on incentivizing a just transition to a clean energy economy. As Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Neal has the power to ensure that the historic $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill includes the strongest incentives possible for the longest period possible, 10 years. Such a bill should promote the development of a domestic manufacturing supply chain for clean energy while rapidly deploying renewable energy infrastructure that will decarbonize our electricity grid and protect communities from extreme climate disasters. Congressman Neal should also end the billions of dollars in special interest subsidies that disproportionately benefit the fossil fuel industry.