July 17, 2018
Oakland, CA—Sierra magazine’s July/August edition is now on newsstands and arriving at subscribers’ homes. This issue is a celebration of America’s rivers—from those running through urbanscapes to the most wild and scenic.
Press Releases
July 17, 2018
Today, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock unveiled the City of Denver’s 80x50 Climate Action Plan, which includes the goal of transitioning Denver to 100 percent clean, renewable electricity by 2030. Denver represents the 73rd city in the United States to commit to 100 percent clean energy and joins nine other Colorado communities that have also adopted a 100 percent clean energy goal.
July 17, 2018
Environmental groups sued the Trump administration today for opening up more than 78 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to offshore drilling without fully analyzing the risks to people, wildlife, and the environment.
July 16, 2018
Washington, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, and Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging Andrew Wheeler’s Environmental Protection Agency for its July 6 decision to cease enforcing the glider truck requirements.
July 16, 2018
PITTSBURGH, P.A. – At a City Council hearing on Tuesday, July 17, community members will demand that a proposed $2 billion expansion plan by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) include a community benefits agreement to serve all Pittsburgh residents.
July 16, 2018
This weekend, Piedmont Natural Gas announced plans to construct and operate a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facility. The massive facility would cover 50 acres in Robeson County, North Carolina and store 1 billion cubic feet of fracked gas.
July 16, 2018
“The Handmaid’s Tale” actress joins Sierra Club Outing
July 16, 2018
Albany, NY. -- Elected officials and various local organizations gathered on Monday to urge the administration to quickly finalize a proposed plan that would phase coal out of the state by 2020. Advocates contend that a statewide framework must include a glidepath for communities and workers affected by this transition and to ensure full retirement of the affected plants - barring the way for these plants to burn other dirty energy sources like fracked gas, waste or biomass.
July 13, 2018
LITTLE ROCK, AR: Today, the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) issued an order setting higher energy efficiency goals for Arkansas electric utilities across the state. This order sets an energy savings target of 1.2% of utility baseline sales per year from 2020-2022, approving a proposal by Sierra Club, Audubon Arkansas, and the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association.
July 13, 2018
Mountain Valley Watch, a volunteer organization of concerned community members monitoring construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, released its Incident Reporting Map