October 6, 2020
JPMorgan Chase has reportedly pledged to work toward net-zero financed emissions by 2050. Chase is by far the world’s biggest banker of fossil fuels, pouring more than $268 billion into the fossil fuel industry from 2016 to 2019.
Press Releases
October 6, 2020
Thursday morning, clean energy advocates, community members, and elected officials will deliver a signed Letter of Principles to Colorado’s largest utility, Xcel Energy, regarding their upcoming Electric Resource Plan that will determine which resources are used to generate electricity moving forward. The letter is signed by 4,000 Xcel electricity customers and Pueblo residents, as well as 70 elected officials from Xcel’s service territory.
October 6, 2020
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump ordered negotiations on a relief package to be cut off while demanding his nominee to the Supreme Court be the Senate’s lone priority.
A recent poll found that 74% of registered voters want the Senate to prioritize a COVID relief package over Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court.
October 5, 2020
VINELAND, NJ - The Sierra Club announced Tuesday that it has made an historic retraction of its endorsement of Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew in favor of Democratic Nominee for Congress Amy Kennedy.
2 de octubre de 2020
Comunidades de todo el país aplauden una decisión de juez federal que requiere que la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) cumpla con la ley e investigue quejas de derechos civiles oportunamente.
October 2, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.- A coalition of five of the nation's leading environmental organizations announced the launch of Green Wave 2020 Friday. Green Wave 2020 is a joint project of Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, EDF Action, the NRDC Action Fund and the National Wildlife Federation Action Fund to mobilize each groups’ members to help elect environmental champions to the White House and Congress in November.
October 1, 2020
Washington, DC -- Today, House Democrats passed yet another comprehensive COVID relief package, while Senate Republicans have still failed to act on their previously passed bill for more than four months.
October 1, 2020
Today, former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler finalized another rollback allowing industrial polluters to skirt the Clean Air Act to release more dangerous pollution into vulnerable communities and chip away at the effectiveness of one of our nation’s bedrock environmental laws.
October 1, 2020
New Orleans, LA -- A new report from Sierra Club finds that retiring four of Louisiana’s coal burning units would save $1.1 billion, prevent 349 asthma attacks, and save 51 lives annually. Louisiana’s dirty coal plants only account for 8% of all electric generation in the state while contributing 99.7% of sulfur dioxide, 46% of nitrogen oxide, and 42% of carbon dioxide pollution of all electric generating facilities in the state.
October 1, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, during the 10th annual National Drive Electric Week, the Washington Post released a story on a report from the Sierra Club and 17 partner organizations calling on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to commit to