Press Releases

April 20, 2023

Madison, WI – Today, Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin submitted a request that the Wisconsin Public Service Commission rescind the final decision granting the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity issued for the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) in Superior, Wisconsin.

April 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – According to reports, the U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday a pathway for protecting mature and old-growth trees and forests as part of a strategy to improve the climate resilience of federally managed forests. The agency is pursuing a rulemaking process, which will involve a public comment period to gather input on new policies the agency can adopt. 

April 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today during the Major Economies Forum, President Biden announced a new $1 billion contribution to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a fund created to help developing countries reduce their climate pollution and adapt to the effects of the climate crisis. Today’s announcement brings the United States’ total contribution to the GCF to $2 billion, still well below the initial $3 billion President Obama pledged in 2014. Since 2014, other countries have led the way by fulfilling their initial commitments and making additional pledges to the Green Climate Fund.

April 19, 2023

Denver -- The Colorado legislature introduced SB23-291 last night following a winter of record-breaking energy prices and calls for corporate accountability from the state’s largest public utilities.

April 19, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, EPA released an implementation framework for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a program created by the Inflation Reduction Act that invests $27 billion in projects to reduce greenhouse gasses and other pollution and support family-sustaining jobs.

18 de abril de 2023

El Departamento de Energía (DOE) anunció que aprobará un proyecto de exportación de gas fósil licuado en Alaska, una iniciativa de combustible fósil de $38.700 millones.

18 de abril de 2023

Se ha informado que el Presidente de la Cámara Baja, Kevin McCarthy, y su Bancada Republicana planean exigir recortes masivos en las inversiones de justicia ambiental, el clima y otros transcendentales programas.

17 de abril de 2023

El gigante petrolero ExxonMobil informó a sus accionistas en una nueva declaración de poder que la compañía no tiene planes de explorar o desarrollar proyectos petrolero o gaseros en el Refugio Ártico Nacional de Alaska.

April 17, 2023

 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Industry giant ExxonMobil has informed shareholders in a new proxy statement that the company has no plans for new oil and gas exploration or development in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

April 17, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans are reportedly planning to demand massive cuts to investments in environmental justice, climate, and other critical programs as part of negotiations on key legislation that would raise the debt ceiling and avert a financial crisis.