March 22, 2018
Duke Energy has a released a report showing that the company plans to stop burning coal by 2050, and will instead relicense its nuclear plants and continue expanding its fracked gas infrastructure.
Press Releases
March 21, 2018
CASPER, WY -- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department tonight will host the first in a series of public meetings to gather comments on the state’s proposed grizzly bear trophy hunt. The proposal will allow the killing of twenty-four grizzly bears, including slow-reproducing females. The hunt would begin the first day of September, just as bears are trying to fatten up to survive the hibernation period. Females are especially vulnerable as they need extra calories to be able to give birth and sustain cubs during hibernation.
March 21, 2018
Greene County, PA--The Center for Coalfield Justice (CCJ) and the Sierra Club filed an appeal of a permit issued by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that would allow Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company (Consol) to mine underneath another stream within Ryerson Station State Park despite anticipated damage. This is the fourth time the groups have been forced to file an appeal of permits for Consol’s Bailey Mine East Expansion.
March 21, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the second year in a row, the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide dropped steeply in 2017, led by major declines in China and India, according to a new report released today by Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and CoalSwarm.
March 21, 2018
Oakland, CA–The Sierra Club Foundation is proud to appoint three new members to its board of directors: City of Atlanta Chief Resilience Officer Stephanie Stuckey, Colorado environmental philanthropist Jill Soffer, and Joel Sanders, a retired attorney and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. These three new directors offer deep expertise in the areas of urban sustainability, legal ethics, and low-carbon development.
March 21, 2018
Today, the Department of the Interior hosted what it had touted as the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in American history. The sale attracted limited industry interest, receiving bids for just 1 percent of the tracts up for auction.
March 20, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, it was reported that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has racked up tens of thousands in taxpayer-funded expenses as he has dragged his extraordinarily large security detail with him around the world.
March 20, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, at the Heritage Foundation EPA administrator Scott Pruitt announced plans to stymy the use of science at the EPA, placing relevant data such as health research off-limits by restricting the agency to only public data. This is a similar strategy tobacco companies have used to conceal the dangers of smoking.
March 20, 2018
This afternoon, Native American Community members and community groups gathered in front of the Bureau of Land Management State Office to demonstrate opposition to the Trump administration’s handling of public lands decisions in Utah.
March 20, 2018
Conservation and Alaska Native groups have a green light to hold President Trump accountable to the rule of law.