OUR PRIORITIES DETAILED BELOW: ACHIEVE 100% CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY PAYMENT PROGRAM (CEPP) CLEAN ENERGY TAX INCENTIVES EXPAND ACCESS TO CLEAN PUBLIC TRANSIT, UNION-BUILT ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE END FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES & CLEAN UP ABANDONED MINES AND WELLS REPLACE 100% OF LEAD PIPES RETROFIT AND ELECTRIFY ALL PUBLIC HOUSING, SCHOOLS, AND HOSPITALS CREATE A CIVILIAN CLIMATE CORPS ANALYSIS OF BIPARTISAN DEAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club welcomed the National Park Service’s announcement of nearly $17 million in grants to support urban parks and green space projects across the country as part of the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program. The awards will support 19 projects across 13 states, including the construction of new parks, the rehabilitation of riverfronts, and the construction of downtown greenways and multi-use trails.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Senate approved the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — a deal that falls short of providing the climate, jobs, care, and justice investments our communities need and deserve. For example, the deal would leave three out of four lead pipes in place and only replace 4% of diesel school buses with clean electric vehicles.
WASHINGTON, DC -- On the heels of a blockbuster Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report detailing prospects for our world’s climate future, new details on a pending $3.5 trillion Senate budget resolution make clear that final passage of the package would be the most significant investment in tackling the climate crisis in U.S. history, putting the country on a path to meet President Biden’s climate action goals of 80% clean electricity and 50% economy-wide carbon emissions reductions by 2030, while delivering 40% of the climate investments to disadvantaged communities.
As the third-ranked state in the U.S. in terms of carbon pollution from electricity generation, Indiana is critical to building climate solutions.
El Panel Intergubernamental sobre Cambio Climático (PICC) de la ONU emitió esta mañana sus conclusiones científicas en las que se basará su próximo gran reporte climático que se espera en 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Early this morning, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its scientific findings that will inform its next major climate report, currently expected in 2022. The alarming findings confirm that the climate crisis has continued to accelerate since the last IPCC report in 2018, and the extreme weather events we’re already experiencing -- including historic droughts and floods, superstorms, record-breaking wildfires, and unprecedented coastal flooding -- will continue to rapidly worsen unless the world cuts all carbon pollution in half by 2031 and invests in clean energy solutions that completely end all carbon pollution by 2050. Yet even after the world moves to a 100 percent clean energy economy, the report confirms that we are already locked into the climate crisis for at least the next three decades; the full severity of the crisis is yet to be determined.These extreme weather events are most heavily affecting frontline, low-income, and communities of color.
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Harmful Provisions Must Also Be Removed to Protect our Climate and Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the National AFL-CIO President, Richard Trumka, passed away. Trumka was a pillar of the American labor movement, previously having served as the president of the United Mine Workers of America. Trumka dedicated his life to advocate for labor rights and was a true ally of Democracy for all working families.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
La Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental (EPA) propondrá una revisión de los estándares de emisiones climáticas y eficacia energética para los carros y camiones ligeros nuevos.