WASHINGTON, DC - Today the Sierra Club and DC community and national leaders sent a letter to the Public Service Commission urging them to hold Washington Gas to its merger commitment to “evolve its business model to support and serve the District’s 2050 climate goals.” In 2017, Mayor Bowser pledged to make Washington, DC carbon-neutral and climate-resilient by 2050.
Georgia families and business will pay more on their monthly electric bills, and have less control of their energy costs, after the state’s Public Service Commission today approved a rate hike request from Georgia Power.
NORTHEAST & MID-ATLANTIC – Today, after a year of a robust policy design process, the 12 Northeast states and D.C. that are a part of the Transportation and Climate Initiative announced the release of a draft region-wide policy proposal to reduce pollution from the transportation sector and invest in clean transportation solutions.
Washington, DC-- Today, Congress released language for an appropriations package that includes $1.375 billion for border barrier construction with no restrictions on the President’s ability to transfer money from the military for border wall construction. The full language can be found here.
In response, representatives of the Sierra Club released the following statements:
San Jose, CA-- Today, the Sierra Club, Zero Mercury Working Group and The Beautywell Project called on eBay to permanently remove the skin lightening products on their website that contain illegal levels of mercury.
Today, multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs announced an updated energy policy that rules out financing for new oil drilling or exploration in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House Judiciary Committee voted to approve charges that President Donald Trump abused his power and obstructed a congressional investigation. This sets up the third presidential impeachment in U.S. history with the full House voting on the articles of impeachment next week.
Today, the nation's largest and most influential environmental groups sent a joint letter to members of Congress urging them to vote no on Trump's NAFTA 2.0.
New York City, NY - This morning, at the Pedestrian Plaza on 14th St and University Place, environmental, transit and green workforce activists joined together to bid farewell to a Sierra Club activist traveling to Albany on the Amtrak to deliver a petition from over 7,000 New Yorkers to Governor Cuomo on Thursday.
SACRAMENTO—The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Thursday heard more than six hours of testimony on its staff’s weak proposal for zero-emission truck manufacturing targets. The board concluded the hearing by strongly signaling to the staff that more work is needed to ensure the rule is as effective as necessary to protect public health and improve air quality.