January 18, 2024
Many electric utilities are not factoring federal incentives for clean energy available through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into their plans for the future, according to a new Sierra Club memo.
Press Releases
January 17, 2024
Detroit, MI – The Sierra Club filed a brief in its lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) unlawful approval of Michigan’s request to move the Detroit area from nonattainment to attainment for ground-level ozone pollution.
January 16, 2024
ALBANY, NY -- Today, Governor Kathy Hochul announced her $233 billion FY 2025 budget, which includes a $400 million Environmental Protection Fund, a $250 million clean water infrastructure commitment, a $47 million fund to plant 25 million trees by 2033, a $200 million state park infrastructure grant, a $50 million commitment to energy affordability through the +Empower program, the Affordable Gas Transition Act, the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment (RAPID) and other Energy and Environment proposals. Many of these allocations represent reductions to environmental funding from last year’s budget or contain offloads to program funding.
Daimler and Volvo Group's Efforts to Delay Clean Truck Transition in US Draw International Criticism
January 16, 2024
Washington, DC - Today, more than forty environmental and advocacy groups from around the globe, including Evergreen Action, Sierra Club, Environmental Action Germany, and Public Citizen sent letters to the CEOs of Volvo Group and Daimler Truck calling on them to stop their attempts to hinder clean trucks and clean air progress in the US.
January 16, 2024
The recently introduced House Outdoor Recreation package, Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act, co-sponsored by Reps. Bruce Westerman and Raúl Grijalva, is a bipartisan win for outdoor access. The House will engage in markups for the bill tomorrow.
January 12, 2024
Salt Lake City, UT – In a win for west side students, community members, and clean air advocates, this Tuesday, the Guadalupe School was awarded funding for four electric school buses as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda. The new buses will replace the school’s current diesel fleet, reducing school bus emissions and pollution in the surrounding neighborhoo
January 12, 2024
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency opened the rulemaking for its Waste Emissions Charge regulation, designed to achieve important methane pollution reductions from the oil and gas industry as quickly as possible. The charge is a component of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program established through the Inflation Reduction Act. The announcement will now kick off a 60-day comment period.
January 12, 2024
In a critical step to ensuring that the Martin Lake coal plant must reduce its harmful pollution, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s designation that two rural East Texas counties do not meet national air quality standards for sulfur dioxide.
January 11, 2024
Washington, DC — Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a virtual public hearing to collect comments on their proposal to authorize California’s waiver to allow implementation of the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) program. The ACCII standards protect public health, consumers, and the environment by gradually phasing out the sale of new gas cars.
January 11, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) rejected Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Building Electrification proposal today, dealing a major blow to the state’s climate goals and environmental justice efforts. This comes on the heels of a proposed budget that slashes funding for equitable building decarbonization.