The Magazine of The Sierra Club
ICYMI: Carbon-Capture Perfume, Flu Kills the Condors & Tahoe Is Clear Again
A weekly roundup for busy people
Climate & Energy: Clean Energy
A Year of War: An Energy Justice Take on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
What Putin’s war can teach us about energy transitions and political will
In this story:
environmental justice, economic justice, renewable energy, liquefied natural gas, methane gas
TVA Reaches an Inflection Point
In the past three months, the company has issued rolling blackouts, invested in gas plants, and blown up three smokestacks without adequate public preparation
How Does a Heat Pump Actually Work?
This humble technology reduces home emissions. Here's how it works.
The Most Important Environmental Stories of 2022
The good, the bad, and the inspiring of the year that was
In this story:
climate change, renewable energy, electric vehicles, politics, international climate policy
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
In this story:
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
