January 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Trump McConnell bill to fund Trump’s needless border wall failed to pass the Senate by a vote of 51-47. The bill needed 60 votes to move forward.
Press Releases
January 24, 2019
In its newly released 2018 Sustainability Report, National Australia Bank has ruled out financing for drilling in the Arctic Refuge.
January 23, 2019
Last Friday, Sierra Club filed a brief in the Ingham County Circuit Court case on DTE’s nearly billion-dollar proposed gas plant, arguing that MDEQ did not follow the law when approving the air permit. Sierra Club initiated this case in October, but this is the first time it has laid out its arguments for the Court.
January 22, 2019
According to disclosures submitted to the non-profit CDP and reported yesterday by Bloomberg, Wells Fargo sees the climate crisis as an opportunity to make more money.
January 22, 2019
Florida Power and Light (FPL) announced they would install tens of millions of new solar panels by 2030. While this is a positive step forward, their announcement left out some crucial perspective.
January 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump proposed a deal to end the shutdown he started that would include $5.7 billion for his border wall in exchange temporarily extending protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and legislation to extend the legal status of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders.
January 18, 2019
On January 18, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the “Clean Energy D.C. Omnibus Act of 2018,” a bold climate bill unanimously passed by the D.C. Council on December 18.
January 18, 2019
The Sierra Club and partner organizations filed an appeal today challenging a key permit for a massive proposed petrochemical facility known as an “ethane cracker” in Belmont County. The plant is part of the industry’s push to steeply increase U.S. plastic production.
January 17, 2019
On Thursday, January 17, the City Council of Keene, New Hampshire voted to establish a goal of transitioning the city to 100 percent clean and renewable energy. Keene joins the communities of Concord, Cornish, Hanover, and Plainfield to become the fifth city in the state to establish the goal.
January 17, 2019
Today, the Senate of Virginia Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources voted to pass Senate Bill 1533 and refer it to the Senate Finance Committee by a vote of 9-5, the first step towards permanently dealing with the legacy of the toxic coal ash pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Virginia.