WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Biden dedicated the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as the country’s newest national monument. The new monument commemorates the August 1908 race riot, in which a white supremacist mob violently attacked Springfield’s black community, ransacking black neighborhoods and attacking and killing black residents. The mob violence inspired Ida B. Wells-Barnett’s famous speech, “Lynching, Our National Crime,” and helped catalyze the creation of the NAACP in early 1909.
Springfield, IL – New federal data shows that wind and solar energy – due to coal plant retirements and the growth of renewable energy – generated more power this year so far than coal.
Washington, DC – A new study released today by Energy Innovation, a non-partisan energy and climate policy organization, details the devastating effects the policies found within the 900-page conservative playbook would have on our environment
A new analysis, Permit to Kill, released today by the Sierra Club and Greenpeace USA shows that permitted emissions from both currently operating and planned LNG terminals are estimated to have a major price tag for communities’ public health. The briefing, which adds to the mounting body of evidence showing that LNG exports are not in the public interest, lays out specific steps the Department of Energy (DOE) should take to halt, and ultimately deny, the approval of new LNG projects.
Washington, DC – New federal data shows that wind and solar energy – due to coal plant retirements and the growth of renewable energy – generated more power this year so far than coal. The US is on track for wind and solar to outpace coal for the entire calendar year of 2024, including the hot summer months (when coal generation usually picks up).
WASHINGTON, DC – In commemoration of two-years of the CHIPS and Science Act, Sierra Club, UAW, and CWA applaud Senators Edward J.
CARSON CITY, NEVADA— Years after taking down Nevada’s last Climate Action Plan, Governor Lombardo released a “Climate Innovation Plan.” The 32 page plan is vague, insufficient, and reads like a love letter to extractive, corporate interests.
Phoenix, AZ – Today, Sierra Club celebrated the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
Racine, WISCONSIN – Today, a coalition held a press conference in opposition to WEC Energy Group’s plan to build new gas plants.