WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the public comment period closes today on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to rescind its 2024 climate disclosure rule, the Sierra Club submitted and joined multiple filings opposing the rollback. These include an organizational comment, a grassroots submission backed by more than 2,000 Sierra Club members and supporters, and two coalition comment letters addressing the proposal’s legal and financial-market implications.
BATON ROUGE, La. – On Friday the Sierra Club filed testimony on Entergy’s expensive gas plant expansion proposal for the Meta Hyperion data center, urging the Louisiana Public Service Commission to reject the utility’s plans for building seven additional gas plants.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has authorized two dangerous and unnecessary pipelines in the Southeast.
Washington, D.C. - Today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Sierra Club that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission properly issued Order 2023—an order that directs grid operators to address longstanding delays with interconnection queues and speed up the process. Order 2023 required critical reforms to add more clean energy to the electricity grid.
WISCONSIN – A new report from the Sierra Club, Thirsty Power: Coal and gas will leave us high and dry, analyzes Wisconsin’s current power generation, the water needed for that power, and the potential impacts on Wisconsin’s water as Big Tech tries to build more data centers across the state.
Richland Parish, Louisiana – In comments submitted today to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Sierra Club argues that Meta’s most recent air permit revisions trigger major-source permit requirements despite the tech conglomerate attempting to maintain a “minor source” permit while adding even more polluting equipment to its Hyperion site.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —In light of recent news that JEA CEO Vickie Cavey has taken an extended leave of absence and Jody Brooks is serving as interim CEO, the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign, the Florida Chapter of the Sierra Club, The CLEO Institute, Jacksonville Branch of the NAACP, the Duval Affordable Clean Energy Coalition, Sunshine Power Faith Coalition, True SCLC Florida Jax Leadership Coalition, local volunteer leaders, and ratepayers are calling on JEA to commit to a public, transparent Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) process.
Washington, DC - The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality must fully evaluate the veracity of local job claims, community impacts of taxpayer subsidies, and other economic ripple effects of Hyundai Steel’s proposed facility, according to new comments submitted today by Sierra Club. These analyses are required by law, under the Louisiana Constitution's public trust doctrine.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation voted to advance changes that would weaken federal oversight of construction projects affecting historic sites and culturally important landscapes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just over one month after its launch, the One Million Kids Outdoors initiative has already helped connect 50,000 children with nature. More than 150 organizations have now joined the nationwide effort, building early momentum toward its goal of getting one million kids outdoors by next summer.