ORLANDO, FL. -- Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) has received its fourth consecutive ‘B’, according to the Sierra Club’s 2024 Dirty Truth Report. OUC’s score has improved since last year’s report, jumping eight points from a 61 out of 100 to 69.
FLORIDA – Florida Power and Light (FPL), a subsidiary of NextEra, has received its third consecutive ‘B’, according to the Sierra Club’s 2024 Dirty Truth Report. FPL’s score has improved since last year’s report, jumping eight points from a 67 out of 100 to 75.
JACKSONVILLE, FL. -- Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) has received its second consecutive failing grade, according to the Sierra Club’s 2024 Dirty Truth Report.
TAMPA, FL. -- Tampa Electric Company (TECO) has received its second consecutive failing grade, according to the Sierra Club’s 2024 Dirty Truth Report.
PROVIDENCE, RI. – Today, a group of Rhode Island’s climate justice organizations rallied at the State House in opposition to Enbridge’s proposed Project Maple fracked-gas pipeline expansion. The groups hand-delivered a letter addressed to Governor Daniel McKee and the Department of Environmental Management. In total, eleven State Representatives and three State Senators signed on opposing the project. The petition-signers and community members present at the rally demand the denial of all further Project Maple permits.
MAINE. – Today, the Department of Interior (DOI) announced the results of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s first-ever Gulf of Maine wind energy auction for eight lease areas off the shore of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
SAN FRANCISCO — Today, the Sierra Club Bay Area Chapter is announcing that it has pulled its endorsement of San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu and is not endorsing any candidate for the city's mayoral race. The Club's decision is tied directly to the city's ongoing lawsuit against the EPA, a case that experts warn could seriously weaken clean water regulations across the country.
Baltimore, MD - Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced the awardees of its $3 billion Clean Ports Program, to address pollution at ports and freight hubs across the country.
Ramsey, MINNESOTA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Connexus Energy will move forward in the Biden-Harris Administration’s Empowering Rural America Program (New ERA) award process to procure new clean energy investments throughout rural Minnesota and South Dakota.
Washington, D.C. – A new report from Industrious Labs offers the first facility-by-facility breakdown of toxic emissions from U.S. coal-based steel and coke plants, exposing the staggering human toll: up to an estimated 892 premature deaths, 250,500 cases of asthma symptoms, and $13.2 billion in health costs every year associated with pollution from just 17 facilities in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, and Virginia.