Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly planning to cancel the United States Postal Service's contracts to electrify its delivery fleet. Building the new fleet is expected to create at least 1,000 new jobs in South Carolina, yield as much as $4.3 billion in savings, and avoid 13 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
Madison, WISCONSIN – Columbia Energy Center owners announced plans to push back the coal-fired power plant’s retirement date to the end of 2029.
Atkins Has Spoken Out Against Investor-Demanded Climate-Risk Disclosure Rule
Coalition Celebrates Environmental Reporting But Call For Greater Transparency On Job Quality
On December 2, 2024, For Love of Water (FLOW), Great Lakes Business Network (GLBN), and Sierra Club filed an amici curiae brief opposing Enbridge's motion for summary disposition in the Line 5 lawsuit Nessel v. Enbridge.
Washington D.C. — Today, the Department of Treasury finalized clean energy tax credit guidance to strengthen renewable energy production, lower costs for families, and reduce carbon emissions.
Washington D.C. — Today, the Solar Energy Industries Association reported a record high in domestic solar energy production in its quarterly Solar Market Insight Report.
CHEYENNE, WY – This week, the White House and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announced $122.4 million in grants through the America the Beautiful Challenge (ATBC), including millions to support buffalo population recovery.
TRACY, Calif. — The Sierra Club announced a legal settlement with Costco today that will require a massive, 1.7-million-square-foot warehouse project in Tracy to transition to an electric truck fleet years ahead of state mandates. The settlement, which resolves California Environmental Quality Act claims, also requires on-site solar generation, charging infrastructure and other requirements to mitigate air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the project.
Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order setting aside its approval of the massive CP2 LNG export facility in order to update the project’s cumulative air quality impacts. FERC set a schedule for the preparation of the supplemental environmental impact statement that will include the new analysis and said it will not authorize construction of CP2 LNG until the issues identified in the order are resolved. The decision comes in response to a request for rehearing filed by Sierra Club, NRDC, and a broad coalition of community and environmental organizations, impacted fishermen, and individuals, citing information gaps and significant flaws in FERC’s analysis and review of CP2 LNG.