San Diego takes major step toward community choice. City decides community choice will help it reach 100% clean energy. Today, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced the City’s intent to move forward with a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program to reach the city’s goal of being powered by 100 percent renewable energy.
LAS VEGAS, NV - Today, the Nevada Sierra Club PAC announced a new mail campaign in support of progressive candidates Melanie Scheible (State Senate District 9), Julie Pazina (State Senate District 20), and Marilyn Dondero Loop (State Senate District 8).
In spite of mounting concerns about threats to Indigenous communities and the global climate, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Crédit Agricole, along with 11 other banks, have doubled down on their support for tar sands pipelines, renewing a $1.41 billion line of credit to Enbridge, the company behind the controversial proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
Spokane, WA -- As reported by the Spokane Spokesman-Review, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers told a shocked debate audience that the Trump administration was not in fact rolling back environmental protections.
LAS VEGAS, NV - Today, the Sierra Club Nevada PAC announced a new mail campaign in support of Justin Jones, who is running for the position of Clark County Commissioner. The Sierra Club Nevada PAC will send out a total of three mailers highlighting Justin Jones and his strong progressive environmental record. The mailers also call out Jones’ opponent, Tisha Black, who has taken tens of thousands of dollars from developers who are hoping she’ll be their voice on the County Commission.
Ryan Zinke’s Department of the Interior announced the conditional approval of Hilcorp Alaska LLC’s “Liberty” offshore drilling plan in the Beaufort Sea. This facility would be the first oil and gas production facility in federal waters off Alaska.
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Today, Rep. Fred Upton (MI-6) was added onto the list of Congressional representatives the Sierra Club is working to oust as part of its “Fossil Fools 2018” campaign. Fossil Fools is an aggressive midterm electoral ad campaign, launched by the Sierra Club Political Committee, targeting over a dozen incumbent Congressional Republicans and candidates for defeat.
CHICAGO, IL -- Today, Rep. Randy Hultgren (IL-14) was added to the list of Congressional representatives the Sierra Club is working to oust as part of its “Fossil Fools 2018” campaign. Fossil Fools is an aggressive midterm electoral ad campaign, launched by the Sierra Club Political Committee, targeting over a dozen incumbent Congressional Republicans and candidates for defeat.
Today in his speech at the “Shale Insight Convention” in Pittsburgh, while touting the 28 environmental rollbacks taken since Trump took office, Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told fracking corporations that “Methane is valuable. It is your main product not a byproduct, or perhaps the Sierra Club does understand that and they're trying to do to you what they did to the coal industry.” Among other notable speakers was Andree Griffin, the Vice President Geology and Geophysics at Exxonmobil/XTO Energy.
DETROIT, MI - Today, The Michigan Sierra Club Independent Action PAC announced a new general election mail campaign in support of Democratic candidate Gretchen Whitmer’s campaign to be Governor of Michigan. The Michigan Sierra Club Independent Action PAC is sending two separate mailers to voters highlighting Whitmer’s strong stance on clean water, focusing on both her efforts to protect the Great Lakes, as well as ensuring that everyone in the state has access to clean drinking water.