August 2, 2019
Today, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced they issued a stop work order for two miles of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline
Press Releases
August 2, 2019
Yesterday, Sierra Club filed direct testimony of its expert witness in the rate case of Interstate Power & Light (IPL) at the Iowa Utilities Board. IPL owns all or part of seven coal plants in Iowa.
August 2, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Trump administration today is expected to publish new conservation plans for the endangered greater sage grouse. The revised plans, which will apply to lands managed by the Forest Service, follow rollbacks adopted by the Interior Department earlier this year. Together the plans will undermine sage grouse conservation efforts on millions of acres of public land across western states, and set back carefully-crafted plans years in the making.
August 2, 2019
Yet again last night, Donald Trump took to again making up absurd claims about wind and solar energy. Even the crowd didn’t seem to know what to make of these lies. While it’s long been clear Donald Trump has his head in the sand on the climate crisis, it’s clear that ignorance extends to the booming clean energy job market as well.
August 1, 2019
Today We Energies, a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, and Madison Gas & Electric (MGE) announced an expansion of their solar partnership with a proposal to acquire an additional 150 megawatts (MW) of the Badger Hollow Solar Farm, near Dodgeville, WI. Sierra Club intervened at the Public Service Commission in support of the utilities when they sought approval to acquire the initial 150 MW of Badger Hollow earlier this year.
August 1, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Senate advanced a budget deal that avoids the deep cuts to programs that safeguard public health, clean air, and clean water proposed in the Trump Administration budget.
August 1, 2019
Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler revealed his plan today for significantly weakening air quality protections in the Clean Air Act New Source Review (NSR) program.
1 de agosto de 2019
El Wall Street Journal informó hoy que la administración Trump planea transferir fondos de varios presupuestos militares —incluyendo ahorros del tipo 401-K y pensiones de retiro de tropas y veteranos militares— para construir el muro fronterizo.
August 1, 2019
Washington, DC— Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration plans to transfer funds from several buckets of the military budget— including 401k and pension retirement funds for military troops and veterans— for construction of border walls.
August 1, 2019
SALT LAKE CITY, UT-- This evening, hundreds of Utahns will gather for a free political debate centered on key environmental issues facing Salt Lake City. All eight registered candidates will be given an opportunity to showcase their environmental ethics.