The Borough of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania on Tuesday became the 44th municipality in the United States and first in Pennsylvania to commit to transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy, showing that communities in the Keystone State are ready to embrace solar, wind, and all forms of renewable energy.
Today, the Sierra Club filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) challenge against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for failing to release information on proposed walls along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The House Natural Resources Committee today will take up a series of anti-wildlife and endangered species bills. The extreme bills undermine the role of science in endangered species decisions, reduce government accountability and collectively gut the Endangered Species Act, one of the country’s most successful conservation laws.
The Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), Climate Justice Alliance, Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), and other women and environment organizations are partnering with the January 21 Women’s March on Washington and driving thousands to both the Washington march and marches around the country. Join organization leaders to learn why and how they’re getting involved in the Women’s March.
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized its proposed decision on fuel efficiency standards, originally set by the Obama administration in 2012.
The Sierra Club praised news today that President Obama will designate new national monuments recognizing the country’s civil rights history
The Sierra Club and its allies have filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Fulton County demanding that state regulators protect Georgia’s drinking water and rivers from mercury, arsenic, and other dangerous pollutants by updating long-expired permits on five Georgia Power Co., coal-fired power plants.
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced findings that Fiat Chrysler used cheat devices in more than 100,000 U.S. diesel vehicles sold since 2014, including the Dodge Ram 1500 pickup trucks and Jeep Grand Cherokees with 3.0-liter diesel engines. These emissions cheating devices allow the vehicles to pass emissions control tests while emitting excess emissions when in daily use.
Today, just ahead of the confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s nominee for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Sierra Club released two hard-hitting ads revealing why Scott Pruitt’s history as a polluter ally makes him unfit to head the agency.
Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee started the confirmation process to consider President-elect Donald Trump’s selection for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson. During the hearing, Rex Tillerson claimed that climate science is not conclusive.