GLASGOW, SCOTLAND -- After two weeks of often intense negotiations, the annual United Nations climate summit (COP26) wrapped up in Glasgow today. The summit took place in the wake of record-breaking storms and flooding in Glasgow, a reminder that the climate crisis is affecting every corner of our planet. It also occurred amid the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, which led to limited and inequitable participation.
Richmond, CA — Today, the Richmond City Council reached a monumental settlement with the Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation to phase out the storage of coal and petcoke in the city by the end of 2026. The settlement closes the chapter on a legal fight between the City of Richmond and three fossil fuel companies after Richmond passed an ordinance phasing out the handling of coal and petcoke in the city over three years. Environmental groups represented by Earthjustice quickly intervened in the lawsuit to defend the ordinance alongside the City of Richmond.
St. Louis, MO - Today elected leaders from the St. Louis region joined environmental organizations in calling for an extension of Spire’s certificate to operate its pipeline throughout the winter season along with robust consumer protections.
Today, a group of nearly 30 groups including Sierra Club, Blue Star Families, and Y-USA launched the Military Outdoors Coalition. The new group aims to raise awareness of veterans health issues and collaborate on ways to expand veterans’ access to the outdoors for healing purposes.
Más de 100 gobiernos, dueños de flotas de vehículos y compañías automotrices se comprometieron hoy a vender solo vehículos de cero emisiones globalmente para 2040, y para 2035 en los mayores mercados.
*** Senior Sierra Club policy staff and leadership, along with grassroots volunteers, are available to discuss the urgent need for Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act. ***
Next week, the House will pass the Build Back Better Act, which will provide historic levels of investment to communities across the country dealing with the interlocking crises of climate change; public health; economic inequity; and racial, gender, and environmental injustice.
Moderates Are Expected to Keep Their Word
Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, Greenpeace USA, League of Conservation Voters, Blue-Green Alliance, Center for American Progress, Center for Biological Diversity, Elders Climate Action, Friends of the Earth, and 350.org call for Rivian to meet the moment for climate action and labor justice
Boston, MA — Voters in a statewide ballot in Maine last week rejected a proposed transmission line that would cut through Maine forests and prop up expensive, unjust, and ecologically destructive Canadian megadams to supply Massachusetts with electricity. The $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project, proposed by Avangrid, would be paid for by Massachusetts electricity ratepayers.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - Today, more than 100 governments, fleet owners and vehicle manufacturers pledged to only sell zero-emission vehicles by 2040 globally, and by 2035 in leading markets. The target aims to ensure that one out of every three car sales will be zero emission by 2040 globally (and by 2035 in leading markets).
This afternoon, the County Council of Pinellas unanimously passed a resolution committing the county to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy for the entire community by 2050 and for county operations by 2040. Pinellas became the first county in Florida to make this commitment.