Washington, DC – Shortly after 2:00am ET this morning, Senate Republicans adopted a FY2025 Budget Resolution that sets the stage for them to make dangerous cuts to essential services, sell off our public lands, and give even more huge tax breaks to billionaires and the fossil fuel industry.
In response, Sierra Club Director of Beyond Fossil Fuels Policy Mahyar Sorour released the following statement:
Cuts include long-term battery storage projects, funding to help innovate steel, aluminum, cement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Democrats are moving to block attempts by the Trump administration to sell off public lands to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
ATLANTA — Last week, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) published a draft permit to “cap-in-place” the coal ash ponds at Plant McDonough in Smyrna, a plan that will put the health of millions of Georgians in jeopardy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a sweeping new policy that puts more than 100 million acres at risk of destruction.
Boise, ID - Idaho Power has filed an application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to significantly decrease the compensation rates for the excess energy produced by rooftop solar owners, known as the Export Credit Rates (ECRs) in another attempt to hurt rooftop solar financial viability in Idaho as electricity rates continue to rise.
Albany, NY – To protect the health and safety of all New Yorkers, state legislative leaders are speaking out against a corporate misinformation campaign to undermine a life-saving clean air program, the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) standard.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A former Trump administration official is set to take over as leader of a top oil and gas industry lobby group, just as the group’s former leader is set to join the Trump administration.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late last night, House Republicans Rep. John Joyce (R-PA), John James, (R-MI), and Jay Obernolte (R-CA), introduced resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal three California clean vehicle waivers: Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks, and Heavy-Duty low-NOx Omnibus.
BROOKFIELD, Conn. – Sierra Club Connecticut and Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania (PSR PA) have released new infrared footage of large, polluting gas plumes – undetectable to the human eye – exiting smokestacks at four local gas facilities across the state.