June 22, 2023
Groups call for policy reforms to advance an equitable clean energy future without gutting environmental protections
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June 6, 2023
Denver, CO - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed SB23-198 "Clean Energy Plans'' into law this week, which will reduce air pollution from the electricity sector and advance the state's goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2040. The bill was sponsored by Senators Winter and Cutter and Representatives Weissman and Lindstedt.
May 31, 2023
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Today Rocky Mountain Power submitted its biennial Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) that foreshadows where the utility plans to get power for the next twenty years. Although the plan forecasts substantial and needed acquisition of new clean energy resources, Rocky Mountain Power stopped short of committing to the clean energy future the world’s leading scientists have made clear is necessary to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
17 de mayo de 2023
La Administración Federal de Servicios Generales (GSA) anunció un programa piloto de seis meses sobre nuevos requerimientos para las emisiones de carbono de materiales de construcción.
16 de mayo de 2023
El Departamento de Agricultura abrió hoy el plazo de solicitudes para un nuevo programa de otorgamientos para cooperativas eléctricas rurales llamado “New ERA”.
April 28, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House will vote on a Congressional Review Act (H.J.Res 39) resolution to overturn President Biden’s two-year pause on the collection of tariffs for solar panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The temporary moratorium on solar tariffs was intended to ensure the flow of solar cells and modules to the United States while the Commerce Department investigates whether companies are circumventing the tariffs on China.
27 de abril de 2023
Los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes finalmente aprobaron su regalo legislativo a los contaminadores en lugar de cumplir con su obligación de elevar el techo de deuda y evitar una crisis financiera.
13 de abril de 2023
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) anunció una propuesta para reforzar los estándares federales de contaminación de vehículos, la cual reducirá emisiones del sector transporte para ayudar a proteger la salud pública y el clima.
13 de abril de 2023
En su análisis más completo sobre este crucial problema, 625 organizaciones de 75 países emitieron la 14a Edición del Reporte sobre Financiación del Caos Climático.
30 de marzo de 2023
La Bancada Republicana de la Cámara Baja aprobó hoy la HR 1, la “Ley de Protección a los Contaminadores, No al Público”, la cual exacerbará la crisis climática, perpetuará las injusticias ambientales, y pondrá en peligro la economía y seguridad nacionales.
March 29, 2023
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is hosting an environmental justice and equity roundtable. In a series of panels, FERC Commissioners will explore ways to better uphold these important values in their decisions, which include pipeline permitting, interstate transmission line siting, and liquefied methane gas export facility approvals. The impact of these decisions have historically had an outsized impact on low-income communities and communities of color who bear the burden of pollution and often experience the worst impacts of climate change. Sierra Club’s Executive Director Ben Jealous will participate in the first panel.
March 10, 2023
NASHVILLE, TENN. – This week, President Biden outlined the path forward for a $9.7 billion competitive grant program called “Empowering Rural America”–or the “New ERA” program–designed to bring good-paying jobs, investment, and clean energy to rural communities.