WASHINGTON, DC -- Earlier this week, reports revealed that Attorney General William Barr gave the order to forcibly remove peaceful protesters outside of the White House. Barr’s directive led to a violent attack on the peaceful protesters, including the use of tear gas, pepper bullets, and batons. Barr has a well-documented record of opposing civil rights and in 2019, the Sierra Club released a statement opposing Barr’s confirmation as Attorney General.
Salt Lake City, UT-- Last night, the Salt Lake City District School board passed a resolution unanimously establishing the goal of transitioning the school district to 100% clean electricity by 2030, and off of fossil fuels for heating and transportation by 2040. This effort was led by students from Salt Lake's three major high schools, in collaboration with Utah Sierra Club and Sierra Club's Climate Parents program.
“Nuestra humanidad compartida está profundamente conectada y el racismo en nuestra sociedad es una amenaza directa l progreso ambiental. El Sierra Club se niega a apartarse mientras nuestros vecinos afroamericanos y latinos son asesinados por policías racistas”.
Washington, DC -- Last night, peaceful protesters outside the White House were violently attacked for demanding that Black lives matter. Last year, the Sierra Club joined with a coalition of environmental justice and national environmental groups to release a just and equitable national climate platform that centers racial, climate, and environmental justice.
On Friday, Gov. Jay Inslee extended the moratorium on utilities shutting off essential services for non-payment through July 28. A copy of the Governor’s declaration is available HERE.
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- In a victory for Arkansas clean energy consumers, today the Public Service Commission (PSC) ruled that solar power generated by users and returned to the grid shall be credited by utilities at a fair price that encourages the growth of the solar industry in our state. A 2019 bipartisan solar law required the PSC to determine how to credit residential customers for the value of solar energy generated by home solar systems that flows back to the electric grid.
The EPA issued a final rule that illegally scraps section 401 of the Clean Water Act
Culver City's city council released a new report today detailing plans on how quickly the city could phase out neighborhood oil drilling within the city’s borders, and indicates the city would have the authority to do so within the next year.
Richmond, CA — Yesterday evening, the Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper moved to intervene as full parties in the lawsuits to defend the City of Richmond’s ordinance that phases out the storage and handling of coal and petroleum coke in the city, and also filed an accompanying motion to dismiss the lawsuits. The environmental legal organization Earthjustice is representing both the Sierra Club and SF Baykeeper in court.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Yesterday, after requests from bipartisan groups of senators, the administration’s Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued a notice extending construction deadlines by one year for renewable energy projects to qualify for tax credits. The move will provide some relief to taxpayers and companies developing renewable energy projects amid industry-wide delays and significant job loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic.