DENVER, CO – Gov. Jared Polis just announced that Colorado is increasing electric vehicle (EV) subsidies for low- and middle-income drivers to help offset the Trump administration’s elimination of EV tax credits through the Republicans’ budget bill. The federal EV tax credit expired on Sept. 30.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released an Environmental Assessment for the methane gas pipeline Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate, proposed for Virginia and North Carolina. The assessment claims to analyze the environmental impacts of the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s amendment request to change the route, pipe diameter and capacity of the project. Southgate would extend the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, into Rockingham, North Carolina, and has faced significant opposition since it was originally proposed in 2018.
DULUTH, Minn. – Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved plans for ALLETE, the publicly traded parent company of Minnesota Power, to be sold to private equity investors.
Oakland, CA – Twenty-six environmental leaders from across the country are receiving national awards from the Sierra Club this year.
Washington, D.C. - As a part of the Republican-led government shutdown, the Department of Energy announced it will cut funding for more than 300 energy projects, worth approximately $7.5 billion. The specifics of the projects getting slashed have not been released.
Forest Service, BLM To Continue Staffing Activities Deemed ‘Essential’
Washington, DC – World-renowned primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91. A friend and leader for the entire environmental movement, Goodall was honored with the Sierra Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual Trail Blazers Ball event in April 2025.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Loren Blackford released the following statement:
BLM’s decision to amend the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan is a short-sighted attempt to undo over a decade of work.
Boise, ID - Yesterday, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) gave a partial approval to Idaho Power’s request to dramatically decrease the compensation rates for rooftop solar power, immediately impacting over 14,000 households across southern Idaho who installed solar since 2020.
Chapel Hill, N.C. — Clean energy groups involved in the North Carolina Utilities Commission proceeding to develop a new state plan for reducing heat-trapping carbon pollution from electricity generation—known as the Carbon Plan—reacted to a proposed plan by regulated monopoly Duke Energy. Coming after the state legislature’s new law eliminating the interim carbon pollution reduction requirement, risking significant increased residential energy bills and putting North Carolinians on the financial hook for expensive new gas plants and unproven technologies.