October 31, 2024
Press Releases
October 30, 2024
Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced more than $2.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for 122 rail improvement projects in 41 states and Washington, D.C.
October 30, 2024
FLORIDA. -- Seminole Electric Coop has received its fourth consecutive failing grade, according to the Sierra Club’s 2024 Dirty Truth Report. The cooperative is just one of four utilities of the 75 analyzed in the report to have scored four straight scores of 0 out of 100.
October 30, 2024
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.
October 30, 2024
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.
October 30, 2024
JACKSONVILLE, FL. -- Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) has received its second consecutive failing grade, according to the Sierra Club’s 2024 Dirty Truth Report.
October 30, 2024
TAMPA, FL. -- Tampa Electric Company (TECO) has received its second consecutive failing grade, according to the Sierra Club’s 2024 Dirty Truth Report.
October 29, 2024
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.
October 29, 2024
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.
October 29, 2024
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.