The Magazine of The Sierra Club
Can We Have Our Clean Energy and the Environment Too?
Developing the minerals and metals for the clean energy economy will come with trade-offs
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clean energy
Climate & Energy: Clean Energy
Clean Power at a Steep Price
Extracting the lithium that EVs need could destroy this rare desert ecosystem in Chile
Yes, We Need to Build a Lot More Renewable Energy a Lot Faster. But Scrapping Environmental Laws Isn’t the Way to Do That.
Do we really need “permitting reform”?
In Arizona, the Future of Renewable Energy Is on the Ballot
Inside the heated race for seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission
Many Utilities’ Net-Zero Commitments Amount to a Big Zero for Climate
The new “Dirty Truth” report finds power companies often prefer greenwashing to green energy
The Black Dunes of Detroit
A Downriver childhood
Want to Go Off-Grid? Don’t Buy a Big House.
How our family’s quest to go carbon neutral hit a very big snag
Solar and Wind Poised to Soar After New Climate Law
Transmission bottlenecks remain a key hurdle for faster growth
Can the Defense Production Act Jump-Start a Transition to Renewable Energy?
Climate activists are calling for a full-scale mobilization
PG&E, the Mountain Maidu, and a Very Powerful River
A group of Mountain Maidu has reclaimed its former lands, but not the water
