Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the finalization of $4.37 billion in clean energy investments stemming from Empowering Rural America (New ERA) grants and loans at 10 large rural electric cooperatives. The New ERA program funds investments in renewable energy, storage, transmission, and large-scale emissions reductions.
Washington, DC – Today, the Biden Administration announced a new target for the United States to achieve a 61-66 percent reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas pollution in 2035. The emissions target – known as the “nationally determined contribution” or “NDC,” is a formal submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
In response to today’s announcement, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:
Yesterday, Donald Trump announced the nomination of Doug Burgum to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Burgum is the current governor of North Dakota.
Washington, DC – This week, Donald Trump announced the nomination of Matt Gaetz to serve as United States Attorney General.
In response to the nomination, Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement:
Sierra Club co-authored research reveals the substantial health benefits at stake if a future administration weakens the Clean Air Act and limits regulatory authority of the EPA
Senators Martin Heinrich and John Boozman today introduced the Every Kid Outdoors Extension Act. The Every Kid Outdoors program, which began in 2015, grants all fourth graders free access to federal public lands, waters, and shores.
Washington, DC – Today, the White House and U.S.
Washington, DC – Two years ago today, the Inflation Reduction Act—the Biden-Harris administration’s historic investment in climate action, environmental justice, and clean energy—was signed into law.
In recognition of the anniversary, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:
Washington, DC – A new study released today by Energy Innovation, a non-partisan energy and climate policy organization, details the devastating effects the policies found within the 900-page conservative playbook would have on our environment
The bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act passed in 2020 to great effect over the four years since, supporting thousands of jobs, contributing an average of $1.9 billion to the economy, and funding 326 infrastructure projects across the U.S. and its territories.
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the recipients of the first round of grants awarded through the $2 billion Community Change Grant Program, an Inflation Reduction Act fund that amounts to the single largest investment in environmental justice ever to go directly to communities.
Washington, DC – Late last night, Congressional Republican leaders canceled a vote on the FY2025 Energy and Water Appropriations bill and pulled the measure from the House floor. Today, the House is considering FY25 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Both bills, ripe with poison pill riders and attacks on unrelated Biden administration climate policies, would make drastic cuts to the EPA and other agencies.