WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Biden designated two new national monuments today. The Chuckwalla National Monument will preserve the desert ecosystem south of Joshua Tree National Park, while the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument will safeguard critical water resources and national forests in northeast California.
Phoenix – On Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that Salt River Project (SRP) is subject to the state’s Public Records Law, marking a significant victory for future transparency and accountability from the utility.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the White House announced new protections for millions of acres of U.S. ocean from all future oil and gas leasing. The memorandum withdraws 625 million acres from leasing, including the entire eastern Atlantic coast; the eastern Gulf of Mexico; the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Biden Administration rejected the proposed acquisition of the U.S. Steel Corporation by Nippon Steel Corporation, determining it posed a national security risk to the United States.
Today, the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released the final rule that will determine tax credits for clean hydrogen production. Section 45V, the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit, was created by the Inflation Reduction Act in order to support the Department of Energy’s Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program and create investment certainty within the nascent industry that has the potential to reduce emissions in several hard-to-decarbonize sectors.
WASHINGTON, DC - The Sierra Club joins the nation and the environmental movement in celebrating the life of former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away today at age 100.
'Coal industry's decline driven by competition for cleaner energy, not actions of asset managers'
Yesterday, the San Miguel Electric Cooperative in South Texas received funding to build a large solar and battery facility, replacing its existing lignite plant. The grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides more than $1.4 billion to the co-op.
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 Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP). The awards are for projects led by agencies, tribes, states, communities, and industry to track and mitigate methane leaks.
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.