TALENT, OR — As extreme weather, including scorching heat waves, threatens large parts of Oregon, Talent’s City Council voted yesterday to pass Resolution 2024-097-R, which encourages upgrades of homes and nonresidential buildings so they have modern, highly efficient appliances.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the D.C. District Court denied an attempt by Signal Peak Energy to force the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) to rush an environmental review of a proposed 175-million-ton expansion at the Bull Mountains coal mine in Montana — which aims to be the nation’s largest remaining underground coal mine.
Wyoming – In its proposed partial disapproval of Wyoming’s State Implementation Plan earlier this month, the EPA has confirmed a retirement date for PacifiCorp’s Dave Johnston coal Unit 3, one of four units at the plant. In its recent proposed rule, EPA declared that the retirement of the unit has a federally-enforceable commitment to shut down by 2027. The utility has also maintained the same retirement date in its latest Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) meant to forecast how it will source energy for the next two decades.
Cameron, Louisiana – Today, community and environmental groups filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop construction of a massive methane gas facility. If built, the facility would create greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 14 coal-fired power plants or 13 million new gasoline powered vehicles.
Boston, MA – EnergySage, the leading home electrification marketplace, and Sierra Club, the country’s most historic grassroots environmental organization, are thrilled to announce the launch of their new partnership. As part of Sierra Club's efforts to promote climate and clean energy solutions, EnergySage will serve as the solar support team for Sierra Club’s 3.5 million members, making it easier for them to adopt clean energy and contribute to a more sustainable future.
This week, the Sierra Club, alongside West Virginia residents and ratepayers Bruce Perrone and Rosanna Long, filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of West Virginia against the Commissioners of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC) for their 2021 directive that coal plants operate at 69% capacity – far beyond the average of coal plants in the region.
GREENBELT, MD -- The United States District Court for the District of Maryland yesterday struck down a flawed federal agency assessment that governs how endangered and threatened marine species should be protected from Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas drilling.
Washington, DC – Two years ago today, the Inflation Reduction Act—the Biden-Harris administration’s historic investment in climate action, environmental justice, and clean energy—was signed into law.
In recognition of the anniversary, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. — Today, a coalition of public interest organizations filed an amicus brief in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Biden dedicated the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as the country’s newest national monument. The new monument commemorates the August 1908 race riot, in which a white supremacist mob violently attacked Springfield’s black community, ransacking black neighborhoods and attacking and killing black residents. The mob violence inspired Ida B. Wells-Barnett’s famous speech, “Lynching, Our National Crime,” and helped catalyze the creation of the NAACP in early 1909.