San Francisco introduces plan to phase gas out of buildings The Board of Supervisors’ plan ends permits for gas use in new construction starting in 2021 San Francisco, Calif.--Today, Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduced a city-wide building code that requires newly constructed buildings to run on gas-free power. San Francisco joins more than 30 other cities in California -- second in population only to San Jose -- to begin phasing gas out of buildings.
U.S. Court of Appeals for DC Circuit issued ruled against FERC's controversial practice of issuing tolling orders. The decision has major implications for how fracked gas pipelines get approved and built in the US
El Gobernador de California Gavin Newsom firmó hoy un presupuesto estatal de $202.100 millones que incluye fondos para la restauración del Salton Sea y sus comunidades colindantes.
La Comisión Selecta de la Cámara Baja sobre la Crisis Climática develó su informe, “Resolver la Crisis Climática: El Plan de Acción Congresional para una Economía de Energía Limpia y un Estados Unidos Saludable y Justo”.
Washington, DC -- Today, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis unveiled its report, “Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy and Just America.” The report sets the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 °C by reaching net-zero emissions no later than 2050, and negative thereafter, and features hundreds of domestic and international recommendations for centering environmental justice and building an equitable green economy.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s extreme abortion law that would have gutted reproductive health rights in the state. Louisiana’s law was nearly identical to a Texas abortion law that the Supreme Court overturned in 2016. Read more about the Sierra Club’s previous Gender Equity work here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Sierra Club, alongside several environmental groups and 23 states, filed their opening brief against the Trump Administration’s attack (see standing declarations here) on California’s authority to set more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG
La Corte Federal de Apelaciones del Noveno Circuito dictaminó hoy que el intento del Presidente Trump de sortear al Congreso y transferir $2.500 millones en salarios y pensiones de las Fuerzas Armadas para la construcción del muro fronterizo es ilegal.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 51, Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton’s bill to establish D.C. statehood. This is the first time in history D.C. statehood has passed a U.S. chamber of Congress. The District’s only member of Congress, Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton, has no voting power on the floor of the House of Representatives.
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Today, the City of Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) and Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) have agreed to close the jointly owned Robert W. Scherer Unit 4 of the Scherer coal-fired electric generating station in Juliette, Georgia, just north of Macon, Georgia, on January 1, 2022. The decision was made by a unanimous 5-0 vote by the JEA board following an April announcement by FPL that it would retire its ownership stake.