October 16, 2019
Late yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to halt construction activities along the entire 303-mile route of the project
Press Releases
October 16, 2019
ANNAPOLIS -- Yesterday, after months of pressure from Sierra Club and other climate action groups, Governor Larry Hogan’s administration released their much delayed plan to reduce Maryland’s greenhouse gas emissions. State law set the deadline for the draft plan to be formalized and released in 2018.
October 15, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During tonight’s Democratic Presidential Debate on CNN, no questions about the climate crisis were asked of the candidates.
October 15, 2019
The Trump administration today announced plans to gut long-standing protections against logging and road-building in the Tongass National Forest, a cherished old-growth temperate rainforest in Southeast Alaska and homelands of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people. A coalition that includes Alaska Native people and Alaska-based and national organizations opposes the U.S. Forest Service plan, which comes weeks after revelations that President Trump exerted pressure to allow new clear-cuts in the Tongass.
October 15, 2019
Tonight, 12 Democrats will take the stage in Ohio, a state that, despite common misperception, is central to the clean energy transition happening across the country. When it comes to clean energy, Ohio:
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Is ranked eighth in the nation with more than 112,000 clean energy jobs
October 15, 2019
hundreds of clean water activists joined hands across the Potomac River to protest plans by Columbia Gas to revive a fracked gas pipeline project that has already been rejected by the state of Maryland
October 14, 2019
Seattle, WA-- Tomorrow, advocates from conservation and local organizations will publicly call on the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NWPCC) to include critical protections for orca and salmon at their public hearing seeking public comment on their latest five-year Fish and Wildlife Plan. Advocates from conservation organizations will testify -- stressing the need for a plan to ensure recovery of the region’s rapidly declining whale and fish populations. See full event details here.
October 12, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— About 160 community members and activists today attended the “Race to Renewable Energy Rally,” at the American Legion Mall, an event to highlight how Indianapolis compares to other major cities in transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy and accomplishing its climate goals.
October 11, 2019
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has put a hold on two permits that the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) requires to proceed with construction activities
October 11, 2019
Virginia announced Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC will pay a $2.15 million penalty and must adhere to additional monitoring and environmental protections