Each April and May, Wall Street banks and insurance companies host annual general meetings (AGMs). AGMs are an opportunity for shareholders to vote for or against corporate leadership and on critical resolutions on a range of issues including climate change and just transition. The Sierra Club delivered the signatures of over 7,000 people to their state pension fund staff and Boards of trustees requesting their support for the resolutions and vote-no campaigns described below.
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the details of 35 projects across 20 states that received a total of $1.93 billion in allocations of the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C). The companies behind these projects committed to invest many billions more in order to qualify.
Washington, DC-- Today the Biden administration announced the completion of a critical rule that will clean up pollution from two per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Biden Administration is moving to the next development stage on a proposed plan that could reshape renewable energy deployment across the West.
SALEM, Ore. — Climate, environmental justice, and community-led social justice organizations filed testimony yesterday detailing a litany of cost, climate, and equity objections to a proposed rate hike from NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility. Â
WASHINGTON, D.C. --Â Today the Biden administration blocked a controversial proposal backed by mining companies to build a road across more than 200 miles of Alaska wilderness.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today the White House announced new federal rules that will limit oil and gas extraction in the Western Arctic.
The new rules enact new protections on approximately 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an area of public lands nearly as large as Indiana. The Biden Administration first announced proposed regulations in September 2023, followed by a multi-week comment period for public input, which ended in December 2024.
State Leaders Urge Swift Action to Conserve Public Lands, Preserve Cultural Resources, and Protect Wildlife Habitat
Washington, DC – This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced $316 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to modernize ferry service and connect rural communities, including $49 million to purchase electric and lower-emitting vessels.
Applications will be accepted through June 17, 2024.
LOS ANGELES – After prioritizing extractive industries for the past 40 years, today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its final “Public Lands Rule” to balance and uphold itsÂ