Press Releases

Ohio Nuclear Bailout Bill Expands to Now Also Bail Out Eisenhower Era Uneconomic Coal Plants - Moves out of Committee

Ohio Clean Air Program” anything but clean

At Protests Across Virginia, Communities Demand Banks Divest from Fossil Fuels

Virginians rallied at bank branches across the state yesterday to call on major banks to pull their support for the fossil fuel industry.

Environmental Justice Advocates Urge NC DEQ to Examine Dangerous Gas Facility

Environmental justice advocates and residents of Robeson County traveled to Charlotte to urge DEQ and the NCDEQ Environmental Justice Advisory & Equity Board to scrutinize Duke Energy’s plans for a dirty, dangerous liquified natural gas (LNG) facility in their community.

El Sierra Club Elige un Nuevo Comité Ejecutivo

La Junta Directiva del Sierra Club reeligió el domingo a Loren Blackford de Nueva York como la presidenta de la mayor organización ambiental de base de Estados Unidos.

The Clean Energy Jobs Act Becomes Law Without Signature from Hogan

Annapolis, M.D.--Thanks to the efforts of the Maryland General Assembly, the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) will become law. The bill will accelerate the state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 50% by 2030 and include a huge leap in solar energy combined with quadrupling the state’s commitment to offshore wind. Additionally, the bill will provide funding for small, minority, veteran, and women-owned businesses, and require the state to develop a pathway to reach 100% renewable energy by 2040. On the coattails of the bill becoming law, Governor Hogan officially committed to introducing legislation in the 2020 session that would move Maryland to 100% clean energy by 2040.

Andrew Wheeler Trata de Institucionalizar el Permitir el Envenenamiento del Público

Varios medios informaron ayer que el ex cabildero carbonero y hoy administrador de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA), Andrew Wheeler, envió un memorando a varias oficinas de la EPA ordenándoles que cambien la manera de calcular los costos y beneficios de las protecciones ambientales para reducir el uso de métodos científicos en el desarrollo de nuevas reglas.

With Cost-Benefits Memo, Wheeler Tries to Institutionalize Allowing Polluters to Poison People

esterday, media outlets reported that former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler sent a memo to several EPA offices, directing them to change how they calculate cost and benefits for environmental protection in an effort to undercut the agency’s use of peer reviewed science in the development of new rules.

Sierra Club Elects New Executive Committee to Lead Nation’s Largest Grassroots Conservation Organization

Oakland, CA -- On Sunday, the Sierra Club’s Board of Directors voted to re-elect Loren Blackford of New York as President of the nation’s largest grassroots environmental organization.

Athens-Clarke County Commits to 100 Percent Clean and Renewable Energy

Athens, GA -- Tonight, the Athens-Clarke County (ACC) Commission unanimously voted to adopt a community wide goal of 100 percent clean and renewable electricity by 2035.

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Public To Push Puget Sound Energy to Abandon Tacoma Fracked Gas Project

On Wednesday, May 22, members of the public plan to rally and pack the room at a “listening session” held by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) in opposition to the utility’s proposed 8 million gallon liquefied fracked gas storage facility in the Port of Tacoma.