Today, 13 environmental groups working on clean transportation solutions sent a letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) urging them to select plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) for the next generation of delivery trucks. A switch to electric delivery trucks will both benefit the health of employees and neighborhood residents by reducing their exposure to harmful emissions, and will cut down on fuel and maintenance costs while helping the Postal Service meet its sustainability goals.
Just a few months after winning the landmark Sabal Trail case, the Sierra Club filed comments slamming the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for failing to comply with the court’s decision.
Lincoln, NE -- The Nebraska Public Service Commission’s (PSC) decision today on the route permit for the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a serious setback for TransCanada, the company behind the proposed project. The PSC rejected TransCanada’s preferred route, instead approving a different path that the company has said would be unworkable.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Groups will gather in front of the Department of the Interior building tomorrow to deliver a message of thankfulness for America’s national parks and a call for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to abandon plans for a rate hike that could prevent people from continuing to enjoy them. The event takes place the same day as the annual White House turkey pardon.
Lincoln, NE -- Today, the Nebraska Public Service Commission rejected TransCanada’s preferred route for the Keystone XL pipeline, instead granting a conditional approval along a route the company claimed would be unworkable. The permit would allow TransCanada to build the tar sands pipeline partly along the route of an existing pipeline, Keystone I, rather than entirely along its preferred route.
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget released its supplemental recovery aid package to assist Americans recover from 2017’s disastrous hurricane season, proposing a fraction of the funds needed for storm-struck Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The proposal was met with widespread criticism as it will not cover the support that is needed to rebuild in American communities devastated by the hurricanes this year.
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget released its supplemental recovery aid package to assist Americans recover from 2017’s disastrous hurricane season, proposing a fraction of the funds needed for storm-struck Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The proposal was met with widespread criticism as it will not cover the support that is needed to rebuild in American communities devastated by the hurricanes this year.
As evidentiary hearings on Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline close today, attorneys and expert witnesses gathered to discuss the impacts the pipeline would have on Minnesota and the climate.
Today, the United States Forest Service issued a decision to allow the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to proceed. The Sierra Club will challenge the decision.
Washington, DC -- To combat the widely-known understanding that he’s a mouthpiece for the fossil fuel and chemical industry, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is trying to stake the claim that he’s not close with polluters and he’s really an environmentalist.