October 24, 2022
Washington, DC – Today, Reuters reported that Toyota “is considering a reboot of its electric-car strategy to better compete in a booming market.”
Press Releases
October 24, 2022
On Friday, October 28 at 7 pm ET, Sierra Club Connecticut Chapter will be hosting the Remington Woods Town Hall, in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Division. Graduate school students from the Yale School of the Environment will share their present findings on conservation pathways for Remington Woods. Members of the community are invited to share their vision and hopes for Remington Woods and members of the media are welcome to attend the listening session and ask questions to the participants.
October 21, 2022
Raleigh, NC – Yesterday, Mountain Valley Pipeline withdrew the pipeline’s proposed Southgate extension’s eminent domain proceedings in North Carolina – abandoning their efforts to secure the land necessary to build that section of the pipeline. Without this land, the Mountain Valley Southgate extension is unlikely to ever be built.
October 21, 2022
Sierra Club and South Texas communities delivered technical and public comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urging the agency to stop Rio Grande LNG and Texas LNG, two fracked gas LNG export terminals proposed for the Rio Grande Valley, and have been under a re-review of their environmental justice impacts on the region.
21 de octubre de 2022
La Oficina de Gestión de Energía Oceánica anunció los próximos pasos para la perforación en busca de petróleo y gas fósil en la Plataforma Continental Exterior en virtud de las cláusulas de la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación.
October 20, 2022
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced next steps for oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) per provisions outlined in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including a proposed notice of sale for Lease Sale 259 in the Gulf of Mexico and the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Cook Inlet.
20 de octubre de 2022
El Departamento de Energía anunció una inversión federal de $2.800 millones para fomentar la manufactura de baterías para vehículos eléctricos en Estados Unidos y expandir la producción limpia de bienes esenciales.
20 de octubre de 2022
El Sierra Club y la Rainforest Action Network han publicado un reporte sobre los riesgos para el Valle del Río Grande de dos propuestas de gas fósil y un gasoducto subsidiario.
October 20, 2022
Kansas City, MO – Community leaders gathered today in the Indian Mound Neighborhood and called on Evergy’s CEO, David Campbell, to close its Hawthorn coal-burning power plant by 2025. Hawthorn is one of the last coal plants that operates within a major city in the United States and was the backdrop for the press conference.
October 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Department of Energy announced $2.8 billion in federal funding to spur electric vehicle battery manufacturing in the U.S. and expand the production of essential clean manufactured goods. The investments will go to 20 manufacturing and processing companies in 12 states, including Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, and Washington.