Press Releases

January 17, 2023

Report examines data from big US banks Citigroup, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase

January 12, 2023

Duke Energy Progress customers won’t have to foot the entire cost of toxic coal ash cleanup after a settlement agreement between the Sierra Club and utility reduces the company’s request for an 18.9% residential bill increase and prevents Duke from making customers pay $50 million for coal ash basin closure costs.

12 de enero de 2023

La NASA y la Administración Federal de los Océanos y la Atmósfera (NOAH) emitieron su Reporte de Temperaturas Globales de 2022, el cual concluyó que 2022 fue el quinto o sexto año más caluroso de la historia y que el mundo se ha calentado 1,1 grados centígrados más allá de los niveles preindustriales.

January 12, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released their 2022 Global Temperatures Update report, which found that 2022 was either the fifth or sixth hottest year on record and the world has warmed 1.1 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. The average rate of warming is currently 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade. The scientists from NASA and NOAA noted that they expect the world to continue to warm in 2023 and 2024, with the latter expected to be the warmest year ever recorded.

12 de enero de 2023

En un paso histórico para apoyar comunidades más saludables, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) anunció la disponibilidad de $100 millones en otorgamientos de justicia ambiental.

January 11, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, in a historic step toward supporting healthier communities, EPA announced the availability of $100 million in environmental justice grants.

6 de enero de 2023

Hoy se conmemora el segundo aniversario del violento ataque al Capitolio Nacional.

January 10, 2023

HARRISBURG - Today, Governor-elect Josh Shapiro announced his nominees for two major environmental agencies in the Commonwealth. Cindy Adams Dunn was chosen to head the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which manages PA State Parks and Forests. Secretary Dunn has served at the post since the beginning of Governor Tom Wolf’s Administration in 2015. 

January 10, 2023

A new report finds that while renewable energy has surpassed coal as a source of power in the United States for the first time in over 60 years, climate-driven extreme weather events are driving up emissions in the building sector as more energy is required to heat and cool the places people live, work, and play.

January 10, 2023

ALBANY, NY -- Governor Hochul released new policy goals at her State of the State address on Tuesday that would further implement the landmark Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). This nation-leading climate law commits New York State to a zero emissions grid by 2040 and near carbon neutrality by 2050. In December, the Climate Action Council released the final scoping plan for enacting regulations that retains many of the strong recommendations that emerged from the Advisory Panels and the public comment process.