Trenton, NJ. - The New Jersey Sierra Club submitted public comments to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regarding the critical improvements that must be made to the plans for reducing climate pollution in the state. The Sierra Club’s comments were submitted in response to DEPs stakeholder meetings on climate pollution in New Jersey. The DEP started a modeling and planning process last month for reducing climate pollution consistent with the state’s Energy Master Plan.
As Senate Democrats prepare to host a hearing tomorrow on the “Economic and Financial Risks of Climate Change,” activists around the country are busy preparing for a major day of action to protest Wall Street’s ongoing financing of fossil fuels and deforestation.
A piece of dangerous and unnecessary legislation that would slow the retirement of Indiana’s aging, polluting coal fleets, lead to higher bills for families and businesses, and worsen the climate crisis is headed to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk, and Sierra Club and its supporters urge him to veto it.
Arizona State Representative Kirsten Engel joined advocates from Vote Solar, Sierra Club, Solar United Neighbors, and Arizona Interfaith Power & Light at the Arizona State Capitol to deliver over 5,000 petitions in favor of a 50% renewable energy standard and a 35% energy efficiency standard by 2030, plus a 100% clean energy commitment by 2045 to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC).
Long Beach, Calif.-- Today, the harbor commissions for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (Ports) voted against their communities and stalled California’s progress toward cleaner air and a clean energy economy. At a special joint session, the commissioners voted 8 to 2 in favor of a ten dollar per container fee which is nowhere near close enough to moving the needle to help California meet its goals. The commissioners from the Port of Los Angeles voted unanimously in favor of the low fee.
Conservation, environmental and landowners groups argued in federal court in Montana today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ issuance of a permit authorizing the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to be constructed through hundreds of rivers, streams, and wetlands failed to evaluate the project’s impacts, in violation of bedrock U.S. environmental laws.
Detroit, Mich. -- Today, after several years of advocacy, Sierra Club, NRDC, National Housing Trust and DTE Energy reached a landmark agreement that will bring significant energy efficiency upgrades to utility customers in danger of having their power shut off.
Today, the Sierra Club appealed the Georgia Public Service Commission's decision to award Georgia Power $525 million to clean up decades-worth of coal ash contamination.
Chicago, IL -- Concerned Illinois residents are attending a hearing today before the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to show opposition to the proposed expansion of the Dakota Access pipeline.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Late yesterday, the EPA released its annual automotive trends report, which found that only three out of 14 major automakers - Honda, Subaru and Mazda - met the clean car standards from 2013 to 2018 without relying on compliance loopholes.